Recent bipartisan bills seek to incorporate skills-based hiring into federal cybersecurity jobs, as well as update caps for employee separation incentives.

A year after the Trump administration told agencies to compile headcount reduction plans, House Democrats reflected on wide-ranging consequences.

A college student spent months applying to the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Internship Program. Thousands apply, few are selected. She made it through applications, interviews, ...

The federal government hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump as one of his first acts in office will be lifted Wednesday. But budget director Mick Mulvaney says many jobs will remain ...

If you know how to run large systems, cut through noise, and turn strategy into execution across government scale, this is that job,” Federal CIO Gregory Barbaccia said about the search for his deputy ...

The terms of the new order indicate that federal agencies will be hiring only with the approval of his political appointees. By Eileen Sullivan Federal work force reporter President Trump issued an ...

Some federal workers aren’t leaving public service altogether. They’re landing jobs in local government. A job-seeking platform managed by national nonprofit Work for America is helping some workers ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time in January, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government. While the Trump administration has taken many ...

The federal government shed another 34,000 jobs in January as previously departed employees whose separation packages expired ...

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he could reduce unemployment to "practically zero" by hiring people into "unnecessary" federal government jobs. The bold claim was made during a press conference ...

The policy change makes it easier for the president to discipline or remove up to 50,000 employees, another push in the administration’s campaign to reshape the federal work force.