1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (427+ words) A group of Democratic lawmakers is demanding more information from President Trump on the 8,000 career federal employees classified into the new Schedule Policy/Career job category. This as the administration is reportedly mulling converting additional workers into Schedule Policy/Career,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (383+ words) A third-party arbitrator ordered the U.S. Forest Service to restore telework and remote work agreements for roughly 20,000 employees represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). In his decision, Arbitrator Robert T. Simmelkjaer ruled that the Forest Service violated its collective…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (508+ words) The formal movement of federal employees into the new Schedule Policy/Career job category– which removes some traditional civil service protections, including appeal rights related to certain personnel actions – has started. Schedule Policy/Career is the successor to Schedule F…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (317+ words) Federal agencies will soon be able to offer salaries as high as $400,000 a year via critical position pay for certain positions involved with critical minerals and other national security issues. This as the Trump administration tries to woo certain workers…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (315+ words) The federal government may be leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in potential savings on the table by failing to act on years of recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). That’s the takeaway of new GAO reports, which said…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (364+ words) The 2026 edition of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) is expected to roll out in the coming months, after the administration canceled the government’s flagship HR survey in 2025. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor told Federal News Network…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (332+ words) The Trump administration continues to streamline and redefine the federal workforce, launching a pair of initiatives aimed at reshaping how government jobs are defined and classified. A new survey is coming, giving federal employees the chance to discuss their jobs…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (547+ words) The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced nine bills designed to crack down on fraud in the federal government, including one that will implement anti-fraud training standards throughout the federal workforce. “These sweeping legislative reforms will stop fraudulent payments…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (325+ words) Federal workers in Schedule C and Schedule G will be exempt from performance appraisal requirements, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). “Schedule C and Schedule G GS employees serve in the excepted service under…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (424+ words) A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to standardize how federal employees are trained to detect and prevent fraud across the government. The Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act (H.R. 8428) was introduced by Reps. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL),…...