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When Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency took a chainsaw to the federal workforce this winter, the dust felt like it might never settle.The administration said the initiative was designed to “streamline the Federal Government, eliminate unnecessary programs, and reduce bureaucratic inefficiency.” Chaotic rollouts, weekend emails, contentious court…
Jill Hornick feels like she’s at a funeral.She has been a Social Security field office employee for 34 years, and serves as the administrative director of a Chicago-based union representing her colleagues. Since President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency began large-scale cuts of the federal workforce, Hornick…
Thousands of federal workers are on the lookout for notices of job cuts.The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration can proceed with its reduction-in-force, or RIF, plans across federal agencies after federal judges temporarily blocked the terminations in May. The court opted to “express no view…
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Hello. Search and rescue operations continue in central Texas, where severe flooding has killed more than 80 people. Dozens are still missing.During a Sunday press conference, officials made what has become a familiar request during recent natural disasters: Don’t fly your personal drones over the disaster area.In today’s newsletter, lawyers…
Whenever a new president takes office, the revolving door between the federal government and the private sector starts to spin a little faster. Agency heads, their deputies, and their deputies’ deputies typically exit to make room for the new president’s picks, and take up jobs in C-suites and think tanks.At…
The federal government looks like it is taking a page out of Silicon Valley’s playbook.The US Office of Personnel Management issued a memo on June 17 announcing sweeping reforms to performance management in the federal government. And the move to cut low performers looks a lot like what’s been happening at…
