In January, just as Mr. Trump was taking office, the civilian federal work force across the country had reached a post-World War II peak of 2.3 million, not including the Postal Service.

NEYAGAWA, Osaka Prefecture--Staff at municipal service counters here can now don fictitious “work names” on their badges to safeguard their privacy from hostile visitors.

Dueck says the new hiring process appears to discriminate against people invested in a nonpartisan civil service. "As much as I would love to be back in federal service someday, it's clear to me ...

In a clear and relatively concise ruling, San Francisco-based federal district court Judge Charles Breyer granted a temporary restraining order that instructed the federal government to stop deploying ...

While police and firefighters are not on strike, many of the city's blue-collar workers, such as trash collectors, are, ...

Louisiana lawmakers are trying to change the state constitution to wrestle power away from the Civil Service Commission to eliminate state worker protections and allow for the quick firing of ...

Hiring and terminating decisions would be left up to the executive branch, he said. The Civil Service Commission, a nonpartisan entity, has taken a neutral position on Morris’ proposal.

State Civil Service Director Byron Decoteau said Morris’ civil service amendment amendment, if adopted, could technically allow lawmakers to simply “remove” an unclassified job position with ...

Our professional civil service was born out of the rampant corruption of the 19th-century “spoils system,” in which federal jobs were handed out as political favors by victorious candidates.

Senate strips most retirement cuts from reconciliation, but anti-civil service provisions remain Under language released by a Senate panel Thursday night, new federal workers who decline to serve ...

Some civil servants chose to not speak openly about their work experiences with the first Trump administration, including mid-level civil service workers who watched as political appointees ...

The district court dismissed the case …, concluding that the policy could only be challenged through the administrative procedures established by the Civil Service Reform Act….