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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.

HHS recalls some previously laid off worker safety employees

Elsewhere, the department is issuing new RIFs for each employee it brings back.

OPM touts ‘fully paperless’ retirement application, though concerns remain

Sources warn that the Trump administration has overstated both DOGE’s role in developing online retirement applications and its potential impact on the retirement process.

Standard leadership advice tough to practice under Trump’s government overhaul

Government experts recently offered guidance to public sector leaders on how to successfully manage teams in an unpredictable environment.

Policy that let federal employees use preferred bathroom formally overturned by Trump administration

A trans federal employee, backed by legal groups, this week sued over Trump’s order that limits which bathroom individuals can use in government buildings.

Agencies with majority women and minority workforces are some of the hardest hit in Trump staff cuts, new report finds

The National Women’s Law Center argued that the administration’s widespread layoffs are weakening a pathway for women and people of color to achieve greater financial security.

GSA expands review of ‘consulting’ contracts to 9 more companies

Like with a first group of 10, the General Services Administration is asking for detailed breakdowns of contracts these firms hold as the government pushes for cost savings and efficiencies.

Judge orders halt to the shuttering of three independent agencies

A federal judge found that the Trump administration violated the Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act and federal spending laws when it ordered the stripping down of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Minority Business Development Agency to their “statutory minimums.”

Limited number of agency senior executives could be rated as ‘outstanding’ under Trump proposal

The Trump administration has sought to exert more political influence over members of the senior executive service.

OPM chooses Workday for no-bid contract to overhaul HR system

With White House deadlines and directives looming, the Office of Personnel Management goes with Workday to quickly implement a human capital platform with the intent to be a model for other agencies.

Axed federal employees sit on Capitol steps urging lawmakers to protect public services they used to provide

A group of former government workers goes to Capitol Hill weekly to lobby members of Congress to fight Trump’s federal workforce and program cuts.

Lawmakers raise bipartisan concerns over VA RIFs as secretary says he may alter plans

VA secretary says he could end up cutting fewer than the proposed 80,000 employees, but the final tally could be greater as well.

19 states sue Trump administration over mass layoffs at HHS

States argue key programs on which they have relied are no longer operating and ask the court to reinstate workers.

Trump administration releases first wave of acquisition regulation changes

This set of revisions would significantly shrink the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as well as empower contracting officers and acquisition teams to use their "business judgment" in pushing innovation.

Proposed retirement cuts cast renewed pall over deferred resignations

Federal workers who accepted President Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called ‘fork in the road’ fear Republicans have “pulled the rug out from under” their retirement plans.

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Federal employees removed by Trump would have easier pathway back to government service under Democratic bill

A pair of bills would seek to give hiring preference to axed feds and to standardize the length of probationary periods for government workers, as the administration has sought to fire those individuals who have less civil service job protections.

Selected federal hiring sprees included in House Republicans’ sweeping tax cut package

Several agencies across government would receive tens of billions of dollars to hire tens of thousands of employees.