The CIA has sent the White House an unclassified email listing all new hires that have been with the agency for two years or less in an effort to comply with an executive order to downsize the federal workforce,

The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

To comply with Trump’s order to shrink the federal workforce, the CIA sent an unclassified email with the names of new staffers, a U.S. official said.

Two sources told NBC News that the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports on the order that could come in February, following up on a promise President Donald Trump made during his campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would like to close the U.S. Department of Education using an executive order but acknowledged he would need buy-ins from Congress and teachers' unions to fulfill his campaign pledge to do so.