Federal employees rally in support of their jobs outside of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, on March 19, 2025. The rally was organized by the National Treasury Employees Union to voice concerns about the mass firing of federal workers by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs

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Breaking News Oversight

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire federal employee appeals board members at will

In dissenting opinion, justices say the decision will provide Trump the most subservient executive branch “maybe ever.”

Management

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.

Oversight

GAO: Transportation Department can’t withhold electric vehicle infrastructure program funds

The Government Accountability Office determined that the DOT and the Federal Highway Administration ran afoul of the Impoundment Control Act when they suspended appropriations for the Biden-era grant program.

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Pay & Benefits

House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits

Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of salary, rather than the current high-3, proposals to eliminate the FERS supplement and to charge employees for their civil service protections remain on the table.

Breaking News Workforce

Judge bars Education Department from carrying out mass layoffs

Education is unable to carry out its statutory responsibilities and the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before dismantling the department, judge rules.

Defense

Space Force losing 14% of its civilian workers

That’s more than other military branches, and it means the service will end the year with nearly 1,000 fewer people than expected.

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Oversight

Judge overturns firing of Democrats on intelligence and privacy oversight body

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has played a major role as a watchdog of controversial intelligence collection programs.

Workforce

Judges issue promising rulings for groups fighting Trump’s anti-union order

A federal judge in Kentucky tossed the Trump administration’s bid to secure a court victory prior to formally rescinding union contracts under the guise of national security, while another jurist sought new avenues to potentially block the March executive order’s implementation.

News

Gerry Connolly remembered for his passion and bipartisanship

The long-time representative from Northern Virginia has died at 75 following a battle with cancer. He is being remembered for his advocacy of federal workers and the contractor community as well as championing initiatives to improve how the government buys goods and services.

Pay & Benefits

Senator says VA is slow-footing benefits law, congresswoman wants a watchdog for Thrift Investment Board

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., has brought back legislation that would create an inspector general for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, while the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s ranking member argues the department is too slow in implementing legislation.

Oversight

Government oversight employees detail fears of retaliation under Trump administration in new Senate report

President Donald Trump has, so far, fired 19 inspectors general, who are independent watchdogs that investigate waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies.

Tech

Scientific research needs more precise federal funding, White House tech leader says

“To get more bang for America's research bucks, we need to enhance the creativity and precision of our funding,” OSTP Director Michael Kratsios said.

Management

Staffing cuts will improve government services, agency leaders say

Trump administration officials defend their ongoing workforce reductions to lawmakers amid some bipartisan concerns.

Workforce

Agencies’ effort to unwind project labor agreement requirements ‘flatly contradict’ order establishing them, judge says

The Trump administration had sought to neutralize a Biden-era executive order requiring contractors to negotiate with unions ahead of major construction projects with broad exceptions, something specifically barred by the underlying order.

Defense

Hegseth to Air Force: Figure out how to modify Qatari jet

Converting the luxury plane into Air Force One could cost more than $1 billion, one senator said.

Pay & Benefits

Retirement cuts tweaked in House reconciliation package

The latest draft of the GOP’s plan to cut federal spending to pay for tax cuts and increased immigration enforcement no longer un-grandfathers federal workers hired before 2014 from increased retirement contribution rules passed in the 2010s and delays implementation of the FERS supplement.