Oversight

Interior Appears Likely to Receive Funding for Relocation Even as Top Watchdog Announces Investigation

Congressional committee to subpoena records from BLM that justify moving hundreds of employees.

Workforce

Interior Department Delivers Hundreds of Relocation Notices to Employees

Headquarters staff now has 30 days to accept the reassignment or face removal from the agency.

Workforce

Interior to Offer Buyouts to Employees Tapped for Relocation, As Some Already Head for the Exits

"We're losing people every day," one employee says.

Management

Interior Department Says It Has Made Great Strides in Eliminating Systemic Harassment

Lawmakers applaud efforts, but say the progress is unproven as IG is still investigating harassment cases.

Workforce

To Stop Attacks, Lawmakers Call for Kinder Rhetoric Toward Feds

"Anti-government rhetoric dehumanizes government employees, period," one congressman says.

Workforce

Interior Threatens to Relocate Employees Without Incentive Payments If Congress Withholds Funding

Lawmakers say Interior should pause the relocations altogether.

Workforce

Interior Official: Land Bureau Relocations Are Not Intended to 'Drain the Swamp'

Department would like to retain all employees and has instituted a hiring freeze to ensure positions are available for those who don't want to move, official says.

Workforce

Interior Announces Plan to Move Bureau's Headquarters, and Some Employees, West

Administration says the moves will better position employees to manage lands, though critics warn of resulting staff cuts.

Management

Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to Close Forest Service Job Corps Centers

USDA and Labor sparked bipartisan furor in a move that would have eliminated 1,100 federal jobs.

Oversight

Interior Department Defends Reorg Plan Critics Call Wasteful, Ideological

Deputy tells House members the still-secret plan localizes decision-making.

Management

Governor Trashes Federal 'Career Employees,' Asks Trump to Intervene

Group says Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is launching "threats to career civil servants."