The U.S. spent $6.7 billion last year on paid leave for workers departing under a DOGE workforce reduction program, a new government report found.

The US federal workforce has plunged to about 2.7 million employees under the Trump administration — the lowest level in 60 ...

Contesting the firing of a federal employee could become more challenging after the Merit Systems Protection Board retired a ...

The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new ...

Questions about workforce reductions and pay are capturing headlines across government. But federal employees and retirees are also focused on longer-term issues ranging from artificial intelligence ...

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For the current performance review cycle, OPM is requiring all agencies to set a 40% agency-wide limit on the share of ...

The federal workforce shrunk by roughly 216,000 workers in 2025.

Federal employees 2026 pay hike: President Donald Trump enacted an executive order on December 18 that confirms a 1% salary increase for the majority of federal civilian employees in 2026, ...

Elon Musk warned Monday that government employees who have not yet returned to working from their offices full time will be placed on administrative leave, escalating his effort from within the Trump ...

Distrust of the federal government rose over 2025 in the most recent survey by the Partnership for Public Service, although ...

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. By Eileen Sullivan The Trump administration paid ...