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Funding rescissions, re-staffing initiatives and other major takeaways from the final FY26 funding package
Lawmakers again declined to provide Trump with most of the funding cuts he requested.
DOGE officials face Hatch Act referrals for work with org aiming to ‘overturn election results’
DOGE employees also shared Social Security data using the third-party server Cloudflare, and according to new court documents, SSA still doesn’t know what data was shared and if its still on Cloudflare.
Pushed out by DOGE, former feds now feel ‘unleashed’ on improving government efficiency
We the Doers, a new nonpartisan organization of former federal employees, released its first report on Tuesday with recommendations on how to improve government effectiveness and efficiency.
Education begins moving out employees even as Congress says it lacks authority
In bipartisan, bicameral spending package, lawmakers look to pump the brakes on the dismantling of Education that the department advanced on Tuesday.
Shutdown odds plummet after House and Senate strike bipartisan deal on remaining funding bills
New package would avoid significant cuts at most agencies.
Judge upholds DHS policy requiring notice for lawmaker visits to immigration facilities
The ruling leaves in place a rule that mandates advance notice for congressional visits, with the judge citing procedural issues rather than the policy’s substance.
One year in — It has been a tough year for federal employees.
COMMENTARY | Senior executives have faced a year of challenges and tumult, but whatever 2026 may hold for the civil service, these leadership lessons can help guide employees through it.
‘Harder days ahead in 2026’: Good government group predicts increased political interference in the civil service in Trump’s second year
A new analysis from the Partnership for Public Service looks at the effects, so far, of the Trump administration’s reforms to the federal workforce and what they could portend.
How to institutionalize OPM reforms?
COMMENTARY | OPM Director Scott Kupor's civil service reform plans have thus far been a mix of some good, some bad and some ugly. There's a path forward for a future administration to still preserve the good, while possibly ditching the rest.
Let's play a drinking game
COMMENTARY | Americans' declining trust in government has been an oft-discussed trend for decades, but it turns out that it's neither unique to government nor Americans. So what is happening to institutional trust?
Move to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem follows fatal ICE shooting
House Democrats introduced three articles of impeachment against Noem, accusing her of blocking congressional oversight, violating civil rights and misusing taxpayer funds after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
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Dueling HHS reversals whipsaw federal employees, grant recipients
Hundreds of laid off employees were recalled to work, but thousands of grant recipients had their funds rescinded with no notice.
Trump administration stands up consolidated federal firefighting agency over bipartisan congressional reservations
Interior says it is only restructuring internally, though it is still working toward Trump's goal of an interagency merger.
After one year of Trump, is anything left of the American Climate Corps?
By September 2024, 15,000 young people had joined the Biden administration's American Climate Corps. But ahead of the second Trump administration, the climate program wound down, leaving states to pick up the pieces.
A federal workforce census, targeted cuts and more key takeaways from the latest FY26 spending package
The latest "minibus" fully funds some offices Trump sought to zero out, creates a new flexible account for the president and has some suggestions for new federal building designs.
Nearly all civilian Defense employees are back in the office, but watchdog says officials should better track telework eligibility
Employees who are still teleworking are mostly exempt from the in-person work requirement.
White House creates new assistant attorney general focused on fraud
The vice president told reporters the new position will also be involved in addressing “the people who are defrauding the United States by inciting violence against our law enforcement officers” after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Federal law enforcement community seeks more patience in response to ICE shooting
"It's going to hurt the public trust," head of federal law enforcement group says of Trump administration's rhetoric.
After scrapping it in 2025, the Trump administration is reinstating awards program for senior executives
The Senior Executive Association praised the return of the presidential rank awards.
The revolutionary new weapon in the Pentagon’s pocket — and why it matters now more than ever
COMMENTARY | The launch of comprehensive acquisition transformation will lift the burdens keeping U.S. companies from being as agile and responsive as possible.
