USDA said the reorganization plan will bring employees closer to the communities they serve, and will reduce a headcount that ...

Becoming a federal prosecutor was a longtime professional dream for Erika Evans, one she achieved nearly four years ago.

Harvard University will provide full scholarships for selected recipients seeking master’s degrees, and a deadline for a new program from Democracy Forward to research the effects of President Donald ...

President Trump penned an executive order Thursday to form a new classification of noncareer federal employees who will be ...

Some employees of the Indian Health Service say a federal government efficiency effort is having the opposite effect.

These fired federal employees are considering running for public office 'It's forced a choice': Fired federal workers prepare to run for office. Democratic groups want to help.

The 60-day rule applies to all federal employees in what is known as the competitive service, which means that they went through a competitive process to get the job.

But the inauguration of President Biden, who campaigned in part on respect for government experts and the federal workforce, in 2021 marked a 180-degree turn for federal labor policy.

The federal civil service system ensures merit-based hiring and firing, protecting employees from arbitrary terminations while overseeing essential functions with legal and procedural standards.

While about 454,000 federal employees do work in Washington, D.C., ... The average length of service for a federal government employee was just under 12 years as of Sept. 2024.

Federal employees with full civil service protections are expected to be targeted. U.S. Postal Service workers, positions deemed necessary for law enforcement, ...