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Workforce

Federal employees face reality of Schedule Policy/Career

After losing civil service protections, some federal employees now in Schedule Policy/Career fear for their job security and retribution for speaking up.

Federal Newscast

Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act

Workforce

The public’s opinion of civil servants continues to climb

Commentary

The ‘new’ Schedule F will NOT, necessarily, politicize the civil service

Workforce

OPM details changes for federal employees in Schedule Policy/Career

Workforce

What we know so far from White House's Schedule Policy/Career list

Commentary

The campaign against federal workers turns ominous

Workforce

Trump moves about 8,000 federal positions to Schedule Policy/Career

Senate HHS

Workforce

HHS sends RIF notices to dozens of staff it missed during office-wide layoffs last year

NARFE's Jon Hatton

Federal Insights

Federal workforce cuts, personnel policy changes remain top of mind
Insight by NARFE

Whistleblower protection law and freedom of information legislation conceptual idea with metal whistle and wooden judge gavel on dark background

Workforce Rights/Governance

A proposed federal personnel shift could chill whistleblowers long before anyone gets fired

Deportation Error El Salvador

Workforce Rights/Governance

Senate Democrats warn of ‘serious consequences’ from decision upholding DOJ firings

HHS Inspector General

Workforce

Exclusive CDC eases telework restrictions for disabled employees, as HHS faces 9,000-request backlog

Trump

Workforce

Political appointments surging, career SES workforce shrinking under Trump 2.0

workday panel

Hiring/Retention

Trump administration expands push to hire early-career federal employees

Trump-NIH Director

Workforce

CDC plans hiring push to fill gaps from last year’s widespread layoffs

MSPB

Litigation

Former immigration judges challenge MSPB decision on their terminations

American flag flies near the dome of the U.S. Capitol

Commentary

A politicized federal workforce harms every American

Federal News Network's Drew Friedman (left) interviews OPM Director Scott Kupor during the Federal Leaders Guide to CHCO event on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Workforce

OPM’s Kupor defends Schedule Policy/Career, as finalization nears

Office of Personnel Management building

Workforce

Federal employees face looming finalization of Schedule Policy/Career

Workforce

OPM wants agencies to prioritize employees' performance, not tenure, during RIFs

U.S. Office of Personnel Management building

Litigation

Lawsuit contends Schedule Policy/Career exceeds presidential authority

Alexis Goldstein, a member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union, speaks at a press conference outside the Supreme Court on Monday. Goldstein, in her personal capacity, joined several federal colleagues in urging Democrats to “say no to the bully.” The event, organized by the Civil Servants Coalition, criticized the Trump administration’s federal workforce overhauls this year.

Unions

Collective bargaining at IRS still stands, union president says