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FEMA set for elimination, Noem says, amid bipartisan House reform proposal
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The disaster response and recovery agency has been repeatedly criticized by President Donald Trump.
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Trump memo grants government-wide firing power to OPM
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Experts speculated that the measure is intended to address recent judgments against the administration’s workforce actions or to grant DOGE-aligned officials the ability to fire resisters.
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Trump order put states at the forefront of cyber and natural disaster response
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The executive order signed this week is part of a wider push to put the onus on states and localities to prepare for disasters, rather than the federal government.
on Fri, 9PM
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SSA cancels telework with just a weekend’s notice
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Union officials said the sudden and indefinite suspension of most bargaining unit employees’ telework agreements amounts to a de facto termination, despite acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek’s promise to honor labor contracts.
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Housing agencies begin closing offices, escorting employees out
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HUD and FHFA are shutting down some functions, with more cuts expected soon and power consolidation already underway.
on Thu, 7PM
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RIF watch: See which agencies are laying off federal workers
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Here are the agencies where we have confirmed layoffs have taken or are about to take place. We will update as we learn more.
on Wed, 8PM
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Agencies are placing reinstated employees in leave status. Judge says that violates his order.
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To date, only the Transportation Department is promising its reinstated probationary employees will soon be back on the job.
on Wed, 3PM
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Some employees are already receiving notices that they will rejoin the payroll.
on Mar 16
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Union sues DHS to protect TSA screeners’ collective bargaining rights
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The American Federation of Government Employees accused the Trump administration of retaliating against the labor group over their efforts to block the mass firing of probationary workers across government.
on Mar 16
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SSA weighs axing payments to 170,000 beneficiaries
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The move to cease making payments to people without Social Security numbers would imperil the benefits of thousands of immigrants’ children with disabilities.
on Mar 16
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The lack of translation services will lead to more people being improperly denied benefits or jobs, experts say.
on Mar 16
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Judge orders reinstatement for most fired probationary federal workers
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The firings were "based on a lie," judge says, who suggests he may extend his order beyond the roughly 24,000 already included.
on Mar 13
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The VA is not waste, it’s a lifeline
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COMMENTARY | “There’s a way to improve VA without hasty and indiscriminate cuts that will set us back and hinder our ability to provide compassionate care,” argues one VA staffer and former combat medic.
on Mar 13
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OPM chief rejects court order to testify on probationary firings as case expands governmentwide
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Some Republicans push bills to protect workers as thousands of fired feds will rejoin the payroll this week, albeit on administrative leave.
on Mar 12
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Trump nixes 2025 awards for federal employees
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The presidential rank awards recognize exceptional members of the senior executive service.
on Mar 11
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Top Republican and Democrat plan competing bills to curb VA firings, protect veterans
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Thousands of veterans have lost their jobs across federal agencies in sweeping cuts by the Trump administration, according to lawmakers.
on Mar 11
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Trump administration moves to politicize top HR officials following firing at IRS
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Guidance from the Office of Personnel Management justified the decision by citing chief human capital officers’ role in implementing Biden-era diversity policies.
on Mar 7
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Official who safeguards whistleblowers drops lawsuit protesting his firing by Trump
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An appeals court had allowed the Trump administration to remove Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger while it heard his case.
on Mar 6
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GSA says it will republish a retracted list of potential federal buildings to sell
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The Public Buildings Service, which handles government property, is currently experiencing sizable layoffs.
on Mar 6
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MSPB orders temporary reinstatement of nearly 6,000 probationary workers at USDA
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These Agriculture Department employees must be allowed back to their jobs for 45 days, as the Office of Special Counsel continues to investigate the Trump administration’s purge of recently hired, promoted or transferred federal employees.
on Mar 6
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Judge blocks Trump administration from firing Democratic member of Merit Systems Protection Board
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The ruling follows a weekend decision to stop the removal of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, who has pushed back on the firings of probationary employees.
on Mar 6
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Retroactive benefits from the windfall elimination repeal to begin
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Those who are owed should soon start receiving their money.
on Mar 5
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VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year
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A leaked memo released Tuesday called for VA to slash its workforce to 2019 levels that were in place before millions of veterans became newly eligible for care.
on Mar 5
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Many federal employees ordered to submit recent accomplishments for second Musk email
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Government workers have been instructed not to include classified or sensitive information in their responses.
on Mar 4
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Despite most of the agency being exempt from deferred resignations and the government-wide hiring freeze, early retirement and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments are now available to the entire agency workforce.
on Mar 4
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Multiple groups file lawsuits to get DOGE records
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Plaintiffs argue the Musk-led initiative is an agency whose records can be requested for release, while the Trump administration says they’re protected presidential records.
on Feb 28
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In today's investigative landscape, law enforcement agencies are grappling with an ever-growing volume of digital evidence. While the surge in digital data has greatly helped investigations, it's also introduced new challenges-including the lack of an intelligent Digital Evidence...
on Feb 28
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Judge orders Trump administration to rescind directives on probationary employee firings
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The administration did not have the authority to issue the dismissals, federal court rules.
on Feb 28
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OPM tells court it never ordered mass firings, contradicting prior claims
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The Trump administration is arguing in court that agencies acted on their own to fire probationary staff, but it previously sent a government directive with a deadline for the firings.
on Feb 28
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23,000 federal prison workers are set to take pay cuts up to 25% next month
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The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said the decision to severely curtail retention incentive payments across the federal carceral system stems from fixed cost increases associated with operating under a continuing resolution.
on Feb 27
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Top Social Security deputies leave amid rumored staff cuts
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At least five of the eight regional heads have decided to leave as the mid-level worker-turned-acting commissioner is said to mull workforce reduction.
on Feb 27
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Agencies to deliver large-scale RIF plans in two weeks
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The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to move swiftly to lay off broad swaths of their workforces.
on Feb 27
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The findings could have sweeping impacts for the tens of thousands of recently dismissed workers.
on Feb 26
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Board agrees to pause firings for some feds, potentially upending Trump's widespread terminations
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The employees must be reinstated to their roles pending further investigation, appeals board rules.
on Feb 26
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Following confusion, OPM says Musk demand that feds report accomplishments is voluntary
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Agencies have provided their employees with varying information about whether to respond to the request for federal employees to provide five accomplishments from the previous week.
on Feb 25
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‘Salting the earth’: Trump ends presidential management fellowships and federal executive boards
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The move to kill a key pipeline for aspiring civil servants and regional agency councils reflects a desire to make it impossible to rebuild the federal bureaucracy, experts said.
on Feb 22
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OPM triggers more RIFs after ‘clean cleaving’ an entire office
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“The job will not get done without our work,” one laid off employee said.
on Feb 22
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Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week, says DOD
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After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, an official said.
on Feb 22
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IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday
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The terminations will walk back much of the progress IRS, which is in the midst of tax season, has made in recent years to increase its workforce.
on Feb 20
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Some fired probationary feds are receiving unexpected emails: 'You're re-hired'
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Some offices within federal agencies are backtracking on their recent firing sprees.
on Feb 19
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168 employees fired at the National Science Foundation
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“Panch has been conveniently absent throughout this whole time,” said an internal email an NSF worker sent to fellow colleagues, referring to Sethuraman Panchanathan, NSF’s director.
on Feb 19
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Federal agencies are still firing probationary employees—first OPM, now NSF
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President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading an initiative to reduce government spending, seek to shrink the federal workforce. Here are the departments and agencies where we have confirmed firings have taken place. We will update as we learn more.
on Feb 18
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Dismantling government won’t make it more efficient–investing in it will
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COMMENTARY | The work federal employees do is often invisible, but it’s always essential.
on Feb 18
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Louis DeJoy to step down as USPS postmaster general
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The postal leader brought a spotlight, controversy and a plan to save the agency to his role, but is now starting the process to find a successor.
on Feb 18
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VA attributes record-breaking year to massive increases in hiring
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The department will now focus on retaining those employees through various incentives and process improvements, officials say.
on Feb 14
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Some agencies begin purges of recent hires even as OPM directs federal offices to pump the brakes
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Going forward, agencies are told to prioritize low performing probationers for firing. Some have already taken a different approach.
on Feb 13
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Trump apparently fires FLRA chairwoman
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Susan Tsui Grundmann’s term at the agency that oversees federal sector labor disputes was not set to end until July.
on Feb 12
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Federal employee union celebrates early wins against Trump but preparing for the long haul
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Since Trump’s election, the American Federation of Government Employees has achieved record-breaking membership.
on Feb 12
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Making sense of the chaotic state of the civil service
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COMMENTARY | Answers to eight questions you may be struggling with after the “deferred resignation” offer.
on Feb 11