The OPM proposal, which will be published in the Federal Register on April 23, outlines the new excepted service category, now called Schedule Policy/Career and purports to remove “cumbersome adverse action procedures” for employees in what the administration deems to be policy-related jobs.

OPM proposes rule to formally revive Schedule F

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Breaking News Workforce

White House extends federal hiring freeze until July for most

The Trump administration’s halt on federal civilian hiring, which was supposed to be lifted Monday, will be extended through July, per a memo released late Thursday.

Workforce

Unions sue to stop demolition of mediator agency

The congressionally authorized Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service worked to avoid costly litigation between labor groups and their employers—in both the private and public sectors—until President Trump ordered officials to effectively shutter the agency last month.

Tech

Trump builds on Biden efforts to modernize permitting technology

While many praised the effort as common-sense, workforce cuts across government, as well as the administration’s deregulatory efforts, have raised questions about implementation.

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Trump administration wants new headquarters for the Housing and Urban Development Department

The headquarters announcement comes days after the president repealed decades-old executive orders in an effort to reshape where agencies decide to establish their office locations.

Management

The president’s procurement order offers a real opportunity. Let’s not squander it

COMMENTARY | Real change in government procurement can happen, but it’s going to require learning from lessons of the past.

Pay & Benefits

Now or Later 

For federal employees trying to weigh whether to retire in the current climate, there are a few things to consider for a sound night's sleep.

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Management

Trump ‘anti-fraud’ memo could allow SSA to stop paying some Americans’ earned benefits

The document’s publication comes just days after reports that DOGE operatives overruled career workers to falsely label thousands of immigrants as dead.

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Defense

Putting SPACECOM HQ in Alabama would have saved Pentagon $426 million, DOD IG says

But then-SPACECOM commander Gen. Dickinson was worried the move would result in significant personnel losses.

Tech

User with Russian IP address tried to log into NLRB systems following DOGE access, whistleblower says

The blocked login attempts, detailed in an extensive whistleblower complaint filed to the Senate Intelligence Committee and others, may indicate foreign adversaries have begun leveraging DOGE inroads into sensitive federal systems.

Workforce

Laid-off federal employees can access legal advice under new union-backed network

Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network’s goal is to provide individual legal guidance to thousands of government workers.

Pay & Benefits

House legislation seeks to add protections for probationary employees 

A bill from a newly-minted representative from Maryland is one of several proposed bills in response to the ongoing federal workforce reductions.

Exclusive Management

Trump officials explain his plan to make government acquisition great, for once

COMMENTARY | Three senior Trump officials explain why revamping the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the $1 trillion in government spending it governs each year, is now a top priority.

Management

Trump orders major changes to rules covering $1T in federal spending

The Tuesday mandate — which aims to streamline the way government buys goods and services — was accompanied by a second order requiring agencies to predominantly use commercial products, rather than custom-built.

Management

State-level DOGE work gathers speed

Oklahoma’s new government efficiency unit issued a report on what it has found to cut, while Iowa’s first-in-the-nation effort held its inaugural meeting. But experts say efficiency isn’t just about cutting spending.

Tech

Top tech leaders to leave IRS

The departures happen even as the tax agency has made controversial decisions to share taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security and centralize that data to make it more accessible.

Exclusive Management

White House pitches layoffs, local office closures and program eliminations at USDA

“These are the people that are directly where the farmers are,” one official says of the planned cuts.

Workforce

‘A few more heroes’: Secret Service recruits more agents despite federal employee reduction

There’s been a focus on staffing at the Secret Service since the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.

Management

SBA investigating staff for talking to press, former colleagues

SBA’s general counsel warned staff Monday it was investigating employee communications with media and former colleagues in a memo. It was promptly shared with reporters.

Management

How cyber vulnerabilities and workforce cuts threaten the crisis lifeline program

A bipartisan, bicameral measure is hoping to prevent cyber incidents from limiting access to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline after a 2022 attack on a system operator disrupted calls to the hotline.