This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development began receiving notices Tuesday that they are being placed on administrative leave, as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to apparently shutter the agency. USAID headquarters was closed on Monday and Tuesday, and workers were (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ More federal employees are receiving warnings they could soon be fired as the Trump administration ratchets up its efforts to drive civil servants out of government, with the latest push again targeting recent hires.  Emails went out this week to Agriculture Department employees (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The FBI Agents Association and anonymous employees of the law enforcement agency on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over an agency directive to identify all current and former FBI personnel who worked on investigations relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ With just two days remaining before the deadline for federal workers to accept or reject the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program, agencies are again defending its legality and increasingly coaxing feds to take the deal. Federal workers have until Thursday to respond (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Veterans Affairs Department has a confirmed secretary after the Senate easily voted to approve former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., into the role, though Democrats made immediate demands on the agency’s new chief.  Collins, who was confirmed in a 77-23 vote on Tuesday, (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ A coalition of labor organizations filed a lawsuit in the Washington, D.C. District Court on Monday against the Treasury Department, alleging that it unlawfully shared confidential personal and financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire and Trump ally Elon (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Office of Personnel Management on Monday instructed agencies to unilaterally repudiate provisions in workforce collective bargaining agreements governing telework, citing a blanket assertion that such policies infringe on “management rights.” In a memo to agency heads, Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell argued (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Several Democratic lawmakers pushed back Monday at the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, promising to fight the administration and billionaire Elon Musk in court. USAID headquarters was closed Monday, its website down and most of its employees barred (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ A large portion of the federal workforce received a notice on Monday that President Trump’s freeze on significant segments of federal funding is no longer operative and they can no longer take any action to pause or otherwise block the spending from going (more…)