National Treasury Employees Union members during a "Standing Strong to Serve the Nation" rally to protest the Trump administration's "attacks on federal employees" at Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, on March 5, 2025. NTEU joined with other labor groups and filed lawsuits aimed at blocking the president’s effort to gut civil service protections.

Appeals court issues stay of judge’s decision blocking Trump’s anti-union order

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The Trump administration is pausing RIFs but probationary firings are resuming

Some agencies have walked back their layoffs, but the court order spurring that action is not preventing re-firings.

Management

Legislative watchdog rebuffs DOGE efforts to install on-site team

“DOGE’s attempted intrusion into an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency is a direct assault on our nation’s sacred separation of powers,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

Workforce

FBI to reassign 1,500 employees outside of D.C. area, vacate current HQ, Patel says

The location of the FBI’s headquarters has been a contested issue for more than a decade, as the downtown Hoover building deteriorates.

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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none

Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW.

Workforce

Federal contract employees who alleged discrimination forced to wait as enforcement agency is dismantled

Layoffs are scheduled to take effect at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on June 6. Between the reduction in force and separation incentives, the agency’s workforce is expected to shrink by about 90%.

Pay & Benefits

House GOP’s law enforcement ‘exemption’ from retirement cuts is illusory, groups say

A pair of organizations representing federal law enforcement officers urged lawmakers to strengthen carveouts of an array of proposed cuts to federal workers’ retirement benefits but stopped short of calling for their withdrawal.

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Management

The Trump administration is staffing up parts of FAA, it’s also incentivizing thousands of departures and threatening layoffs

More than 2,700 employees have indicated they want to take an incentive offer to leave the agency, though the final number is subject to change.

Oversight

End of pandemic inspector general's office could hurt ongoing efforts to enforce accountability

A former senior official for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery said there were about 40 unfinished cases when the office’s authority lapsed, some of which were referred to other agencies and others closed.

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CDC to cut one employee for each it is recalling from layoffs

The agency returned around 300 staff and plans to soon cut an additional 300 in response.

Workforce

Congressional Dems urge rescission of Schedule F regulations

Though the Office of Personnel Management has estimated around 50,000 federal employees, or 2% of the workforce, would be stripped of their civil service protections under the controversial initiative, lawmakers warned a failure to define "policy-related” positions will cause far more to become at-will employees.

Management

More than 80 lawmakers from both parties urge Trump to unfreeze FEMA funding

The bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency urging support for a grant program that helps local communities strengthen their preparedness for natural disasters.

Pay & Benefits

Age gap retirement planning for federal employees: Avoiding the 'Widow’s Penalty,' Medicare planning and more

How to think about the best ways to utilize your retirement and health care benefits when you may be older, or younger, than your spouse.

Management

Republicans want Treasury to study free tax filing options — again

The reconciliation text being considered by the House Ways and Means Committee includes $15 million for the IRS to study how to give Americans free ways to file their taxes that would replace both the Free File and Direct File programs.

Management

Trump’s Qatari Air Force One would pose massive security risks

Treating the aircraft as safe for the commander in chief with just a few modifications is "absurd," one former senior defense official said.

Oversight

Government watchdog reports that its unimplemented recommendations could save $100 billion

President Donald Trump has prioritized government efficiency, primarily through an effort led by Elon Musk.

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NDAs for VA employees working on staff reduction plans prompts House Dems probe

The use of non-disclosure agreements could "chill employees from disclosing violations of waste, fraud and abuse," top oversight Democrat says.

Management

How William Howard Taft’s approach to government efficiency differed from Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn tactics

President Taft worked with Congress to launch his effort to streamline government, while Trump has taken a different route.