The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to proceed for the time being with Federal agency reorganization and reduction-in-force (RIF) plans proposed by the White House earlier this year, but also appeared to carve out some room in an order issued on July 8 for specific agency reorganization and RIF plans to be challenged in lower courts.   […]

Two top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are pressing for hard numbers on how many Federal workers have been let go since the start of the second Trump administration in January.   […]

As the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) prepares to make cuts to its workforce, the agency needs to brief Congress on those decisions and their impact, according to a top House Democrat on security issues.  […]

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told most civilian Federal agencies today to get their Agency RIF and Reorganization Plans (ARRFs) wrapped up by March 13, and instructed that those plans should feature a “significant reduction” in full-time employees achieved by eliminating positions “that are not required.” […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would change the relative value of performance in decisions to lay off Federal employees. The proposed rule, published Dec. 17, would correspondingly deprioritize length of service in layoff decisions, making it the least important factor in the proposed order of retention. […]