The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce.

A major shift is coming for tens of thousands of federal employees as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to ...

Conversions of career federal employees into the Trump administration's new Schedule Policy/Career may become finalized as soon as March 9.

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

The number of employees on the federal government’s payroll has dropped by 277,000 since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The ...

Note: Figures for new hires exclude people who transferred into publicly reported federal jobs from elsewhere in the federal government. “Separations” includes quits, retirements, terminations and ...

This blog was originally posted in October 2025 and has since been updated. It is now looking almost certain that there will be a partial shutdown of the federal government starting tomorrow. While ...

A year after DOGE, a new survey of government employees shows low job satisfaction and engagement.

FACING THE LOSS OF A PAYCHECK. KANSAS CITY IS A MAJOR HUB FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WITH ABOUT 30,000 EMPLOYEES. SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN FURLOUGHED. WE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF WOMEN TODAY WHO ...

On Nov. 13, the Partnership for Public Service announced that it would field a privately funded (and fueled) federal employee climate survey—a survey that is required by the law—to replace the Federal ...