President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government appear to be effective at the Department of Justice, with about 4,000 staffers taking advantage of the administration’s Fork-In-The-Road incentivized departure program.

CBS reported that although the program is now closed, the administration plans to eliminate about 1,500 positions in the FBI, with about half that number already vacant. Those numbers are contained in a DOJ budget summary obtained by the network.

Critics of the downsizing, including some former government employees, are concerned that the downsized department won’t be able to handle the workload and that safety will be compromised.

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