Author: Drew Friedman | Federal News Network

federal job application

Hiring/Retention

Agencies told to prioritize hiring early-career employees, tech talent

Office of Personnel Management building

Hiring/Retention

OPM drops ‘disparate impact’ guidelines from federal hiring regulations

Unions

Key parts of federal employee performance overhaul ‘non-negotiable,’ OPM says

U.S. Office of Personnel Management building

Workforce

OPM cements major shift in federal employee appeals, RIF processes

Election 2026 Michigan Senate

Workforce

First Look A key MSPB ruling threatens civil service protections, Democrats warn

US-EEOC-Transgender Workers

Workforce Rights/Governance

Union sues EEOC for halting work on federal class action complaints

Exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building

Workforce

IRS return-to-office orders violated union agreement, arbitrator rules

MSPB

Management

Exclusive After Slaughter decision, MSPB no longer calling itself ‘independent’

Sillhouettes of employees in an office representing telework.

Workforce

After returning to the office, federal employees report low productivity, morale

Maryum Saifee, a Foreign Service officer for 17 years who was one of hundreds of employees laid off from the State Department in 2025, joins former colleagues and lawmakers in front of the Capitol Building to speak about the impacts of the staffing losses.

Workforce

Laid-off federal employees spotlight lasting impacts of State Dept RIF

Election 2025 Virginia

Congress

Exclusive Democrats demand transparency from White House on Schedule Policy/Career

Department of Justice

Workforce Rights/Governance

Judge tells DOJ to reinstate telework for two attorneys as their lawsuit proceeds