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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received has $145M to carry out its functions over the next few months, staving...
01/16/2026

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received has $145M to carry out its functions over the next few months, staving off concerns it would have to furlough large swaths of its staff. However, an existential threat to the agency still remains.

The Trump administration is complying with court orders but cutting pay and benefits for employees as it seeks to lay virtually all of them off.

TSA’s plan to alter union protections for screeners is on hold following a judge’s ruling. https://buff.ly/X7jhOas via S...
01/15/2026

TSA’s plan to alter union protections for screeners is on hold following a judge’s ruling. https://buff.ly/X7jhOas via Sr. Correspondent Erich Wagner

The Homeland Security Department’s planned ouster of the American Federation of Government Employees from the Transportation Security Administration, scheduled to take effect Sunday, must now be…

There's at least one Jan. 6 participant currently working in the Trump administration, and the top Democrat on the House...
01/15/2026

There's at least one Jan. 6 participant currently working in the Trump administration, and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee wants to know how many more may have been hired.

The Maryland Democrat also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for wearing masks in a letter to the Trump administration that the Homeland Security Department called “reckless,…

The Health and Human Services Department has rescinded layoffs for around 400 employees that have sat on paid leave sinc...
01/14/2026

The Health and Human Services Department has rescinded layoffs for around 400 employees that have sat on paid leave since April, while also withdrawing billions in grant funding focused on mental health and substance abuse.

Hundreds of laid off employees were recalled to work, but thousands of grant recipients had their funds rescinded with no notice.

AFGE on Monday urged a panel of federal appeals judges to affirm a lower court ruling that found that President Trump’s ...
01/14/2026

AFGE on Monday urged a panel of federal appeals judges to affirm a lower court ruling that found that President Trump’s executive orders purporting to strip two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights amounted to retaliation for protected speech under the First Amendment.

A three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last summer blocked a lower court ruling that found President Trump violated federal employees’ First Amendment rights when it targeted…

A Government Executive analysis found that six new IGs previously worked in Trump’s first or second administration, ofte...
01/13/2026

A Government Executive analysis found that six new IGs previously worked in Trump’s first or second administration, often at the departments they now have inspection authority over. https://buff.ly/bTDNx9q

These oversight officials may have to recuse themselves from investigations of programs they previously worked on, an expert said.

Lawmakers in Congress appear to have abandoned a plan to bar insurers participating in the federal government’s employer...
01/13/2026

Lawmakers in Congress appear to have abandoned a plan to bar insurers participating in the federal government’s employer-sponsored health care program from covering gender affirming care for federal workers and their family members, but that will to do little to aid those seeking the care.

Compromise minibus appropriations legislation unveiled Sunday removes a provision that would have affirmed the Trump administration’s removal of gender-affirming care from federal workers’ health…

Lawmakers are seeking more data on staffing across federal agencies. The latest FY26 spending bill also rejects many dee...
01/12/2026

Lawmakers are seeking more data on staffing across federal agencies. The latest FY26 spending bill also rejects many deeper proposed cuts and creates flexible funding for foreign policy priorities. via Eric Katz https://buff.ly/lQQTE08

The latest "minibus" fully funds some offices Trump sought to zero out, creates a new flexible account for the president and has some suggestions for new federal building designs.

A dozen House Democrats asked a federal judge to compel the Homeland Security Department to explain how a new policy req...
01/12/2026

A dozen House Democrats asked a federal judge to compel the Homeland Security Department to explain how a new policy requiring a seven-day notice for congressional oversight visits at immigration detention facilities is in compliance with a December court order that temporarily barred the department from instituting virtually the same requirement.

This second attempt by the Homeland Security Department to put a seven-day notice requirement on lawmaker tours of immigration detention facilities follows the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an…

GAO found that over the past five years DOD has not been fully recording data on employee eligibility for hybrid telewor...
01/09/2026

GAO found that over the past five years DOD has not been fully recording data on employee eligibility for hybrid telework or remote work. As a result, they determined that officials have likely publicly reported data on civilian work from home inaccurately. https://buff.ly/etIzVRU

Employees who are still teleworking are mostly exempt from the in-person work requirement.

OPM’s inspector general says staffing shortfalls and rising retirement claims remain top management challenges in fiscal...
01/09/2026

OPM’s inspector general says staffing shortfalls and rising retirement claims remain top management challenges in fiscal 2026, with risks to customer service and payment accuracy.

The latest report highlights staffing reductions, rising retirement claims and ongoing customer service and improper payment concerns.

Officials in the federal law enforcement community are asking the public, and the Trump administration, to wait for the ...
01/08/2026

Officials in the federal law enforcement community are asking the public, and the Trump administration, to wait for the results of an investigation before jumping to conclusions after an ICE officer fatally shot a U.S. citizen.

"It's going to hurt the public trust," head of federal law enforcement group says of Trump administration's rhetoric.

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