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The House voted 231-195 on Thursday to pass legislation that would nullify President Trump’s efforts to strip more than ...
12/11/2025

The House voted 231-195 on Thursday to pass legislation that would nullify President Trump’s efforts to strip more than 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights, sending the measure over to the Senate. https://buff.ly/MSvW9TF

Twenty Republicans crossed party lines to support legislation to unwind what opponents described as the largest act of “union busting” in U.S. history.

The Homeland Security Department would establish a new mental health support program for its law enforcement employees u...
12/11/2025

The Homeland Security Department would establish a new mental health support program for its law enforcement employees under a bipartisan bill put forward by the top lawmakers overseeing the agency. Senior correspondent Eric Katz has the details. https://buff.ly/A75FRM5

Suicides within and assaults against the DHS law enforcement have been increasing, lawmakers say.

OMB and OPM plan a new governmentwide HR system to replace 100 outdated platforms. The goal is faster hiring, streamline...
12/11/2025

OMB and OPM plan a new governmentwide HR system to replace 100 outdated platforms. The goal is faster hiring, streamlined payroll, and a single HR record for 2 million federal workers.

A joint memo from OMB Director Russ Vought and OPM Director Scott Kupor Wednesday laid out plans to encompass all federal HR management data into a single technology platform by fiscal 2028.

Twelve former FBI agents are suing for reinstatement after being fired for kneeling during a 2020 protest, saying it was...
12/11/2025

Twelve former FBI agents are suing for reinstatement after being fired for kneeling during a 2020 protest, saying it was a tactical move, not political. Sr. Correspondent Erich Wagner explains it all here:

A dozen former FBI agents said their decision to kneel while responding to 2020 protests against police brutality was a tactical one, required as the result of the first Trump administration’s…

“Understanding how the post office survives past existential threats — whether it was corporate lobbying, political atta...
12/11/2025

“Understanding how the post office survives past existential threats — whether it was corporate lobbying, political attacks or technology change — I think helps us understand this moment better but also gives us more hope,” said Aileen Day, co-host of the “People of Agency” podcast about the U.S. Postal Service.

“People of Agency” recounts the history of the U.S. Postal Service by focusing on civil servants who have shaped the agency.

Some people who left federal agencies say they didn’t quit by choice. OPM counts them as voluntary departures, but many ...
12/10/2025

Some people who left federal agencies say they didn’t quit by choice. OPM counts them as voluntary departures, but many say pressure pushed them out. Sr. Correspondent Eric Katz has the story: https://buff.ly/dVOo6AK

Staff only left "the most amazing job I could ever have" under significant pressure, former federal employees said.

A group of former federal leaders, many of whom served during the Biden administration, is launching a new organization ...
12/10/2025

A group of former federal leaders, many of whom served during the Biden administration, is launching a new organization to improve government operations and services.

While the Trump administration has pursued cuts to agency workforces and programs in a quest to improve efficiency, the CEO of Governmental Renewal said that the new nonpartisan organization is not…

More than 200 named, career Justice Department employees who left their jobs this year said the Trump administration is ...
12/09/2025

More than 200 named, career Justice Department employees who left their jobs this year said the Trump administration is taking their former agency down a dangerous path that will abandon civil rights protections and create undue political pressures. https://buff.ly/siXaCxQ

The Justice Department is actively pushing out career employees working on civil rights, they say.

Last July, the House Armed Services Committee voted to bar the Pentagon’s use of fiscal 2026 funds to implement Trump’s ...
12/08/2025

Last July, the House Armed Services Committee voted to bar the Pentagon’s use of fiscal 2026 funds to implement Trump’s March executive order stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights, including the measure as part of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

But when the House Rules Committee unveiled compromise language for the annual must-pass bill on Sunday, the measure, originally proposed by Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., had disappeared.

A source familiar with congressional negotiations said that the bipartisan language effectively nullifying President Trump’s anti-union executive orders as they pertain to the Pentagon was dropped…

Trump’s second‑term management agenda aims to reshape the federal government. It plans cuts to workforce and real estate...
12/08/2025

Trump’s second‑term management agenda aims to reshape the federal government. It plans cuts to workforce and real estate, ends DEI programs, centralizes contracting, and leans on AI to boost efficiency. Federal employees face major changes ahead. via Natalie Alms and Sean Michael Newhouse https://buff.ly/StgCBuj

The President's Management Agenda for Trump's second term offers fewer specific policy plans than other recent agendas.

A group of former federal workers who lost their jobs during the President Trump’s purge of employees in diversity, equi...
12/05/2025

A group of former federal workers who lost their jobs during the President Trump’s purge of employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles and agency civil rights offices this week sued the administration, alleging violations of the First Amendment, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. https://buff.ly/mdBI0Wk

A group of four former federal employees described the mass reduction in force of those in purportedly “diversity”-related jobs as a means for the Trump administration to “punish perceived political…

President Donald Trump’s firings of Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Boar...
12/05/2025

President Donald Trump’s firings of Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox are lawful, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided on Friday. https://buff.ly/6P33Quk

The case could unravel decades of statute and precedent protecting leaders of independent agencies from removal.

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