The Office of Personnel Management sought to soften the importance of essay prompts for federal job applicants after critics ...

Despite the disclosure of massive waste and fraud in the federal government, the workforce only shrank by 1% in the first months of President Donald Trump’s second […] ...

New data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management shows the federal workforce shrank by only around 23,000 jobs so far ...

A State Department spokesman declined to answer questions about the timing of RIF notices but told reporters, “we have no plans to violate a court order.” ...

The Social Security Administration will have fewer and less experienced staff on the front lines serving the public with ...

In addition to the voluntary buyouts, more than 5,000 USDA probationary employees were let go in early February as part of a government-wide mass layoffs, only to later be reinstated by a court order.

May 31 (UPI) -- An three-judge federal appeals panel has kept in place a lower court's decision to pause the Trump administration's plans to downsize the federal workforce through layoffs. Late ...

New graduates across the country say deep cuts to government programs and funding have led to rescinded job offers and public service careers thwarted before they even began ...

President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management is intent on reducing headcount across the federal government. Having nearly exhausted easy-to-use tools like cutting probationary workers and ...

OPM said its current systems could not handle the volume of work that would come from simultaneous layoffs, retirements and new hires. Workday would bring in a scalable cloud-based system that ...

DOGE, OPM, the White House, Pentagon and Musk did not respond to requests for comment. Wired magazine was first to report on the revamp effort.

Federal employees are increasingly applying for OPM disability retirement due to reduced telework options, low morale, and changing government policies.