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 HR agency also recently capped the percentage of civil servants who can earn the top two performance ratings in fiscal ...

I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published Tuesday, the use of paid administrative leave increased by 435% from 2023 to 2025.

Friday, December 31, 2027, is one of the most recognizable retirement dates of the year. For a FERS employee, the annuity would generally begin accruing on January 1, 2028. This allows the employee to ...