Management

‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future interference with their work.

Management

After Senate moves bipartisan spending bills, Dem leaders request sit down on shutdown-aversion plan

The Senate is moving fiscal 2026 funding measures with ease but there is still no overall strategy in Congress.

Management

VA to end abortion services in cases of rape and incest

The department had only provided a few hundred abortions since the Biden administration authorized them in 2022, VA says.

Exclusive Management

After shedding most employees, DOJ looks to shift around Civil Rights staff to fill ‘deep need’

Some offices have lost 75% of their attorneys but are still being asked to reassign those who remain to higher priority areas.

Oversight

Agency layoffs do not constitute illegal impoundments, GAO rules

RIFs are not themselves violations of federal spending law, watchdog says, though the administration is violating the law in other ways.

Workforce

USDA says reorg disfavors layoffs, predicts most employees will accept relocations

A significant percent more than a majority will come" to new locations, Agriculture Department official says.  

Management

DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies

The Interior Department and General Services Administration are seeing significant turnover in the leadership ranks.

Management

NSF slashes most career executive roles after shedding one-third of staff

The National Science Foundation is initiating a reduction in force for senior executives, but offering them opportunities to stay at the agency.

Workforce

Trump wants to reverse the staffing cuts he's overseen for IRS customer service. House Republicans disagree.

The Trump administration is warning of dire consequences if it cannot reverse the tax agency's recent staffing exodus.

Management

USDA to relocate thousands of staff outside Washington, consolidate dozens of offices

The Agriculture Department is slashing regional offices and centralizing staff into five new hubs across the country.

Management

Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail

The expense comes as the consumer-protection agency's budget is slashed nearly in half.

Workforce

Agency RIF plans will remain secret for now after court blocks release

As more agency layoffs appear imminent, an appeals court has intervened in allowing more details on the plans to be released.

Management

Trump creates 'Schedule G' to add more political appointees to agencies top ranks

The new, non-career employees will serve in policy-making roles and add "horsepower" to carrying out the administration's agenda, White House says.

Exclusive Workforce

USDA asks employees to transfer to 'critical' vacancies, suggests more cuts coming

The administration is asking employees “to help the agency with no guarantee of protection in the future," one staffer says.