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Judge blocks shutdown layoffs after finding Trump's actions are likely illegal
The Trump administration is leveraging the shutdown to declare "the laws don't apply to them anymore," judge says, adding, "they can't do that."
Workforce
CDC employees sort through chaotic ‘outbreak of firings’ followed by some reversals
The Trump administration laid off more than 1,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees ostensibly due to the government shutdown, but officials have rescinded more than half of the reduction in force notices, according to the union.
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Reintroduced bill would shield federal employees from shutdown-related foreclosures and evictions
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has reintroduced a bill that would let federal employees and contractors defer financial problems caused by a government shutdown, a proposal he has introduced multiple times since 2019.
Workforce
Legal challenges against Trump’s union EOs continue to proliferate
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers has filed its second lawsuit seeking to block President Trump’s effort to strip collective bargaining rights from two-thirds of the federal workforce, this time on behalf of NASA workers.
Workforce
Top cyber lawmaker wants answers on CISA workforce reductions
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., penned a strongly-worded letter to CISA’s acting director asking for an update on the status of the cyberdefense agency’s staffing posture.
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Nonprofit files lawsuit to reinstate digital equity grants
The Trump administration cancelled funding under the Digital Equity Act earlier this year. A group that was in line to receive some of those funds is now suing to get them back.
Workforce
As White House promises more federal layoffs, Democrats say ‘we’ll see them in court’
Trump suggests more cuts coming Friday as lawmakers vow to prevent "terrorism" against federal workers.
Workforce
Multiple CISA divisions targeted in shutdown layoffs, people familiar say
CISA units including its Stakeholder Engagement division are believed to have been hit. A DHS spokesperson said that the RIFs are meant to help get CISA “back on mission.”
Management
Security clearance secrecy faces new scrutiny after Elon Musk disclosures
COMMENTARY | A federal judge’s order to release some details of Musk’s security clearances highlights how public disclosures by high-profile individuals can erode Privacy Act protections and raises questions about transparency and accountability in the clearance process.
Workforce
How the shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays
The shutdown is deepening the FAA’s long-standing controller shortage, straining an already overextended workforce and disrupting air travel nationwide.
Management
Which agencies do Americans think are doing a good job?
Recent surveys have shown that how Republicans and Democrats view federal agencies has switched since Donald Trump became president again.
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Trump’s promised shutdown layoffs lead to at least 4,200 cuts at seven agencies
More RIFs possible as the Trump administration is following through on its threat to leverage the shutdown to implement federal workforce reductions.
Workforce
Protecting federal prisons from shutdown benefits all of us
COMMENTARY | As the federal budget impasse wears on, Bureau of Prisons employees and programs are being further squeezed following a year of hiring freezes and critical vacancies going unfilled.
Pay & Benefits
Democrats float immediately paying feds working through shutdown as Congress again rejects bill to reopen government
In addition to the military, some senators say air traffic controllers and other civil servants should get their paychecks on time even as shutdown drags on.
Management
Cabinet leaders detail how the government shutdown is impacting their agencies
President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his threat that he would use the appropriations lapse to justify cutting “Democrat programs.”
Pay & Benefits
Federal and postal workers to see double-digit health care premium increases again next year
Federal employee groups decried the second consecutive year of premium increases eclipsing 10 percent amid a government shutdown and a proposed 1% pay raise for non-law enforcement personnel.
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IRS walks back retroactive pay guarantee for furloughed feds one day after making it
The agency has deleted the original email from employees' inboxes.
Pay & Benefits
What to expect while you’re expecting (your retirement benefit, that is)
The OPM director uses his weekly updates to detail efforts to replace paper applications, guide employees through the Online Retirement Application system, and address delays and data issues in retirement processing.
Workforce
Hundreds of DHS staff face reassignments to border security, immigration
Affected workers — including people in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have been given a week to respond or risk termination from federal service.
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