Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks as Congressional Democrats and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau workers hold a rally outside its headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C., to protest the closing of the agency and the work-from-home order issued by CFPB Director Russell Vought.

Trump administration agrees to pause any layoffs at CFPB

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Workforce

Trump administration directs agencies to fire recent hires en masse

Thousands of employees were already let go as of Thursday, a number that is expected to skyrocket in the coming days.

Workforce

Judge extends order blocking USAID leave notices and evacuations

The U.S. Agency for International Development must put on hold plans to place thousands of its employees on paid administrative leave for one more week, as a federal judge weighs whether to issue a preliminary injunction in the case.

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OPM fires its own probationary period staff

Employees’ physical and IT system access was deactivated at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. On-site staff were also asked to quickly exit the Office of Personnel Management’s premises.

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Pay & Benefits

Retirement: How to navigate the current chaos

Amid “deferred resignation” turmoil, federal workers are in uncharted territory. Here’s a little guidance.

Updated Management

Senate confirms RFK Jr. to lead HHS

Kennedy’s confirmation comes during a legal battle over whether the National Institutes of Health can cap the percentage of funding it provides for indirect research costs.

Workforce

GSA to cut at least 100 employees, feds inside the agency say

Employees within the agency’s Technology Transformation Services received calls from supervisors Wednesday informing them of their impending dismissals.

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Updated Workforce

Federal judge clears way for 'deferred resignations'

U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. found that unions must first adjudicate their claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board or Federal Labor Relations Authority before suing in court.

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Workforce

EPA orders most workers back within weeks, breaking union covenants

The Office of Personnel Management previously issued guidance purporting to grant agencies the authority to disregard telework provisions in union contracts based on a blanket assertion of ‘management rights.’

Workforce

OPM continues to tweak 'deferred resignation' provisions as unions press court challenge

As the parties await a written decision from a federal judge in Massachusetts, unions fighting the controversial ‘Fork in the Road’ directive have highlighted how recent Trump firings could limit federal workers’ legal recourse.

Updated Oversight

Inspectors general file lawsuit to fight firings

The litigation comes as a Democratic member of the Merit Systems Protection Board who Trump removed is also asking the courts to stop her ousting.

Workforce

Some agencies begin purges of recent hires even as OPM directs federal offices to pump the brakes

Going forward, agencies are told to prioritize low performing probationers for firing. Some have already taken a different approach.

Management

Managing in the federal government requires new and different strategies

COMMENTARY | “Strategic human capital management” was included on the first High Risk List in 1990. It’s been on the list for 35 years.

Workforce

Trump orders agencies to plan for widespread layoffs and attrition-based hiring

The order tasks agencies to work in conjunction with Elon Musk’s DOGE to dramatically scale back government capacity.

Updated Workforce

Trump apparently fires FLRA chairwoman

Susan Tsui Grundmann’s term at the agency that oversees federal sector labor disputes was not set to end until July.

Breaking News Management

Trump fires one-third of federal employee appeals board

The Democratic member was three years into a seven-year term on the three-member panel.

Workforce

Federal employee union celebrates early wins against Trump but preparing for the long haul

Since Trump’s election, the American Federation of Government Employees has achieved record-breaking membership.

Tech

OPM skirted agency norms in assessing the privacy of its new email system

Anonymous federal employees filed a lawsuit alleging that the new email system could be placing their sensitive personal information at risk.

Transition

Tech is power in Musk’s campaign to roll over federal civil servants

COMMENTARY | Instead of brigades of men with guns storming government buildings, President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are deploying young men with zip drives to infiltrate federal agencies, argues one observer.