There are about 645 probationary employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard who are anxiously awaiting news of whether their positions are among those being eliminated in a purge of the federal workforce.

On Monday afternoon, Naval Support Activity (NSA), Portsmouth received a report of a suspicious package at around 4 p.m., a Norfolk Naval Shipyard spokesperson said. NSA, Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyard initiated a base-wide lockdown "out of an abundance of caution,

The Department of Defense initially paused the directive from the Office of Personnel Management, but all DOD civilian employees are now required to submit five bullet points on their previous week's achievements.