Reorganization Plans Due Today
Government agency reorganization plans are due today, March 13, 2025. The current push for reorganization stems from an executive order...
A Potential Shutdown Looms
The U.S. federal government faces a potential shutdown on March 14, 2025, unless Congress passes a new spending plan or extends current...
Five Things That Happened This Week
Mass Layoffs of Probationary Employees Intensified: The Trump administration escalated its efforts to reduce the federal workforce by...
OSC Takes Action On Mass Firings
On February 24, 2025, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), an independent federal agency tasked with protecting government...
Lawyers Suggest Mass Firing of Probationary Employees is Illegal
A recent wave of federal employee terminations may have violated laws designed to ensure fairness during hiring and layoffs, according to...
Preparing for Reductions In Force
On February 11, President Trump signed an Executive Order designed to implement the Department of Government Efficiency’s workforce...
Continued Uncertainty For Federal Employees
Federal employees have recently faced a flurry of actions and Executive Orders aimed at implementing DOGE’s initiatives to reduce the...
New Insight into Schedule Policy/Career
A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) indicates that President Trump’s recent executive order creating the Schedule...
Letter Carriers Reject Tentative Deal with USPS
Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) have voted overwhelmingly to reject a tentative contract agreement with the...
Social Security Fairness Act – What’s Next?
On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law. This Act eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision and...
