The State Department will lay off more than 1,300 people as part of a broad restructuring plan, Reuters is reporting. The layoffs will affect 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers, according to Reuters, which said it has seen an internal notice.The Associated Pressis reporting the same number. Secretary of StateMarco Rubiofirst announced plans to reorganize the department in April, but the plans were put on hold when a federal judge blocked them in May. On July 8, theSupreme Courtreversed that block, essentially allowing layoff plans to move forward. "In its current form, the Department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition," Rubio wrote in an April 22 statement. "Over the past 15 years, the Department's footprint has had unprecedented growth and costs have soared. Rubio said at the time the new model would bring the State Department into the 21st Century, provide taxpayers a better return on investment, and "make the State Department Great Again." More:With new power, Trump will move immediately to lay off federal workers "Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed, and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with America's core national interests will cease to exist," he wrote. The department proposed laying off nearly 1,900 employees in plans it submitted to Congress in May. The department has about 18,000 employees in its domestic workforce. The department estimated another 1,575 took deferred resignations. Contributing: Reuters. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Trump administration will lay off 1,300 at the State Department