reduction in force

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

USPS plans to fill 900 vacant supervisor positions ahead of peak holiday operations

The Postal Service is gearing up to fill a significant number of supervisor positions left vacant as part of a recently lifted hiring-and-promotion freeze,…

Hiring/Retention

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First Look

USPS opts for reduction in force for non-union employees in agency restructuring’s final phase

Workforce

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USPS offers early retirements to non-union employees in agency reorganization

Workforce

In updating CIO’s office, TVA to cut IT workforce by 120 employees

Workforce

USDA

USDA reverses plan to close Job Corps centers ‘for the time being’

Workforce

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Government innovation? Weirdness comes in threes

Tom Temin Commentary

United States Department of Agriculture employee Lori Lodato, of Wilmington, Mass., display placards during a rally by federal employees and supporters, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in front of the Statehouse in Boston, held to call for an end of the partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Agencies to send second furlough notices if government shutdown hits 30-day mark

Government Shutdown

Senator wants update on furloughed feds’ health coverage

Federal Newscast

Furloughed feds won’t be RIFed if government shutdown extends past 30 days, OMB says

Government Shutdown

4 small details to know from the 2018 omnibus

Budget

Where is the federal workforce, and why does that matter?

Commentary

Heather White: What laws and regulations currently affect RIFs?

The federal government hasn’t seen large-scale, involuntary reductions in force in a long time But RIFs are looking increasingly possible as the Trump…

Federal Drive

Air Force to cut 900 civilian jobs, thousands of service members

Air Force officials announced Wednesday the force plans to cut about 900 civilian positions in 2014. It will encourage eligible civilian employees to leave…

Budget

Air Force to cut hundreds of officers

More than 400 people must leave the Air Force by early 2012, as part of an initiative to trim the military branch\’s officer cadre. Air Force leaders are also targeting enlisted service members.