Campaign-Related Items in Workplace Now OK under Hatch Act, Says OSC
The Office of Special Counsel has reversed positions it took last year that had strengthened restrictions on wearing or displaying …More
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Order Eases Removal of Probationary Employees, Sets Standards for Retaining them
President Trump has issued an executive order telling agencies to strengthen their scrutiny of federal employees in their probationary periods after hiring, …More
Defense Sec Calls for Reforms of “Weaponized” Equal Opportunity Programs
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called on the secretaries of each military department to carry out in depth reviews of their …More
Next Steps Taken Toward Launch of ‘Schedule Policy/Career’
The Trump administration has taken the next steps toward the launch of a “Schedule Policy/Career” excepted service category as successor …More
Uncertainty over Job Status Remains Widespread as Lawsuits Continue to Churn
An ever-growing list of lawsuits over the status of probationary employees, union contracts and planned layoffs continues to churn, leaving …More
$31B in Outflows From C, S Funds Over Past Two Months
TSP investors over the last two months have shifted more than $31 billion on a net basis out of the …More
Hiring Freeze Extended as Main Wave of RIFs and Reorganizations Approaches
President Trump has extended through July 15 the general federal hiring freeze he ordered at the outset of his term, …More
Budget Outline Clears Way for Move to Reduce Value of Federal Workforce Benefits
Updated: The House and Senate have now approved a budget outline that clears the way for a separate bill that …More
Supreme Court Action Leaves MSPB Without a Quorum Again
Updated: The MSPB is again without a quorum as the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s request to …More
Trump Order Ends Policies that ‘Unnecessarily Restricted’ Federal Office Relocations
President Trump has issued an executive order opening the way for more relocations of federal offices by revoking policies that …More
Unions, Other Organizations Launch Federal Employee Legal Defense Network
A coalition of unions including the AFGE, NFFE and NTEU and other organizations including the Partnership for Public Service have …More
SSA Projects Finishing Work on GPO-WEP Repeal Law in November
The SSA has projected that it will finish recalculating benefits and sending back payments in November to those who will …More
Partnership Offers Tips for Federal Employees on Seeking Work in the Private Sector
In a sign of the times, the Partnership for Public Service has posted advice on resumes, interviewing and other things …More
Courts Unblock Probationary Federal Employee Firings as Cases Proceed
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of a lower judge’s order that had required the Trump administration …More
Dispute over Union Order Grows as Agencies Prepare RIF, Reorganization Plans
With the April 14 deadline for agencies to have drafted specific RIF plans to present to OMB and OPM fast …More
Lawsuits Present Dueling Views of Trump Order on Federal Employee Rights
Lawsuits filed by the Trump administration and by a union present dueling views on the rights of federal employees to …More
TSP’s C Fund Falls into Negative Territory Year-to-Date; S Fund Drops Deeper
The TSP’s largest fund, the large company stock C fund, has fallen into negative territory year-to-date at -4.28 percent, following …More
Pentagon Announces Civilian Workforce Realignment; Reopens Deferred Resignation for DoD
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has signed a memo driving a broad realignment of the 900,000 defense civilian workforce, including …More
MSPB Loses Quorum as Disputes over Probationary Employee Firings Continue
The MSPB board now lacks a quorum and is unable to decide on appeals of firings and personnel actions brought …More
Return to Discipline Policies of First Trump Term, OPM Tells Agencies Affected by Order on Unions
President Trump’s executive order to terminate existing labor-management contracts and prohibit future bargaining in many agencies on national security grounds means that …More
Trump Order Would Repudiate Labor Contracts, End Future Representation for Most Feds; Unions to Sue
An executive order from President Trump would cancel existing labor-management contracts and revoke bargaining and other forms of union representation …More
Agencies Covered by Trump Order Told to ‘Disregard’ Contract Provisions on RIFs
Federal agencies affected by President Trump’s executive order to repudiate union contracts covering the majority of union-represented federal employees on …More
High Court Asked to Block Order Requiring Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court’s order requiring federal agencies to rehire …More
Senators Ask for IG Reviews of Probationary Employee Firings
A group of 16 Democratic senators has asked the inspectors general of two dozen departments and agencies to investigate whether …More
Trump Tells OPM to Take Direct Role in Disciplining Employees of Other Agencies; Focus on Suitability
President Trump has ordered OPM to take a direct role in disciplining employees of other agencies by invoking “suitability” considerations …More
Injunction Issued against DOGE Access to Federal Personnel Files
A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against DOGE project employees having access to personal information on federal employees …More
Auditors Raise Warning about Staff Cuts at FDIC
In what is one of the first, if not the first, auditors’ report on the impact of staffing cuts at …More
MSPB Overrules OPM Policy on Retirement Benefits; Cites Lowered Standard of Deference
In one of the early rulings showing the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year lowering the deference …More
Agency Workforces Churn under Impact of Trump Orders, Legal Rulings
UPDATED: The federal workplace has entered an even higher level of disruption as agency workforces churn under the impact of …More
Report Questions Using Shutdown Contingency Plan as Guide to RIFs
A report for Congress has raised issues regarding the Trump administration’s use of shutdown contingency plans as a guide to …More
