Workforce

State Dept. further prepares for mass layoffs even as court block remains

A judge specified last month that State, like most major agencies, cannot yet move forward with RIFs.

Georgetown leverages ex-fed tech experts with new fellowship program

Tech policy experts and U.S. Digital Service alums will join an inaugural program that aims to advance civic technology, while offering experience and insights to public service-focused students.

Workforce cuts could complicate IRS goal to modernize in the next two years

Agency leaders say they want to complete the “vast majority” of its modernization efforts within the next couple of years.

Trump is planning to slash 107,000 federal jobs next year. See where

New details in the president's budget detail some of the proposed workforce reductions, though the final cuts will likely be steeper.

Here's where the State Department is planning its layoffs and changes

Various national security offices, as well as units that cover Asia and the Middle East, will be consolidated or slashed. Thousands of employees across divisions are targeted for cuts.

Fired GSA 18F employees appeal to have jobs reinstated

The Trump administration has endeavored to streamline the agency’s contracting and procurement processes while putting in mechanisms to shed its workforce.

Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs

The Trump administration's plans to reorganize agencies are "likely unconstitutional," judge says.

Judge says she is inclined to further pause layoffs at most major agencies

RIF plans have been frozen for two weeks, but federal court suggests they are unconstitutional and implementation will remain prohibited indefinitely.

New SSA chief praises DOGE for ‘making things better’

Frank Bisignano said he has no current plans to institute further reductions in force and hopes to use AI to make the historically sluggish Social Security disability determination processes move faster.

More than 2,100 GSA employees have accepted deferred resignations

Combined with those employees that have been impacted by reductions in force, the losses amount to nearly a quarter of what the agency’s workforce totals were last fall.

VA tech panel’s top Democrat worries layoffs will harm EHR rollout

Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., is concerned that staffing vacancies, coupled with the department’s reduction in force plans, will put “more pressure onto the VA to execute on an expedited calendar for implementation” of its new EHR system.

House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections

One Republican who voted against the measure said efforts to reduce existing federal workers’ pension benefits will fail if put to a vote before the full House.

People should be ‘outraged’ by efforts to shrink federal cyber teams, former CISA head says

As adversaries like China continue targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, Chris Krebs says we should "make CISA great again" amid expected cuts mounting inside the cyber agency.

IRS to lay off taxpayer experience, DEI staff

It is not clear what will happen next to projects being done by the Taxpayer Experience Office, like making IRS notices to taxpayers more simple.

CISA officials who led Secure by Design initiative resign

Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek are the latest to depart the cyber agency, as DOGE-fueled cuts and broader Trump reduction plans have placed it in the crosshairs.

Breaking News

White House extends federal hiring freeze until July for most

The Trump administration’s halt on federal civilian hiring, which was supposed to be lifted Monday, will be extended through July, per a memo released late Thursday.