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The IRS and Social Security Administration, both led by Frank Bisignano, are indefinitely suspending advanced annual leave and advanced sick leave for employees.
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IRS and Social Security bar employees from taking advanced leave  
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers and supporters embrace outside of the agency's former offices on Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The documentary "Heist" features video of USAID employees leaving the headquarters after collecting their belongings.
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New documentary recounts ‘free-for-all attitude of cruelty’ toward axed federal employees
The Partnership for Public Service found that Cabinet inspectors general in the first half of fiscal 2026 produced an average of 6% fewer audits and 25% fewer investigative reports compared with the averages between fiscal 2020 and 2024.
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Inspectors general are conducting fewer oversight reports after 18 months of upheaval
President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency produced a monthly jobs report that showed hiring had slowed, raising concerns about the long-term independence of federal statistical agencies.
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Staffing cuts are leaving federal statistical agencies stretched thin
The Veterans Affairs Department and the American Federation of Government Employees are at loggerheads again over whether the VA may end its collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents more than 300,000 of its workers.
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VA’s third attempt to scrap union contract heads back to court
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The IRS and Social Security Administration, both led by Frank Bisignano, are indefinitely suspending advanced annual leave and advanced sick leave for employees.
Workforce
IRS and Social Security bar employees from taking advanced leave  
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers and supporters embrace outside of the agency's former offices on Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The documentary "Heist" features video of USAID employees leaving the headquarters after collecting their belongings.
Workforce
New documentary recounts ‘free-for-all attitude of cruelty’ toward axed federal employees
The Partnership for Public Service found that Cabinet inspectors general in the first half of fiscal 2026 produced an average of 6% fewer audits and 25% fewer investigative reports compared with the averages between fiscal 2020 and 2024.
Oversight
Inspectors general are conducting fewer oversight reports after 18 months of upheaval
President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency produced a monthly jobs report that showed hiring had slowed, raising concerns about the long-term independence of federal statistical agencies.
Workforce
Staffing cuts are leaving federal statistical agencies stretched thin
The Veterans Affairs Department and the American Federation of Government Employees are at loggerheads again over whether the VA may end its collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents more than 300,000 of its workers.
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VA’s third attempt to scrap union contract heads back to court
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