Trump administration ordered to restore Public Apportionment database
The Office of Management and Budget has until Wednesday to turn the lights back on for one of its key public spending transparency websites. In March, OMB shut down its Congressionally-mandated databa...
23 Jul 20257min
GAO releases its annual FraudNet program report
The Government Accountability Office processed more than 5,700 allegations through its fraud hotline last year. That’s according to the latest annual report on GAO’s FraudNet program. FraudNet referre...
22 Jul 20256min
ICE is offering up to $50,000 signing bonus for retired employees to return to the job
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is offering retired ICE employees as much as a $50,000 signing bonus to return to the job. The agency is recruiting both deportation officers and special agents. IC...
21 Jul 20255min
Trump administration creates new classification for non-career employees
The Trump administration is creating a new classification for non-career employees. President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing Schedule G that would let agencies hire non-career emp...
20 Jul 20256min
Salt Typhoon hackers compromise a state's Army National Guard network
Hackers connected to China extensively compromised a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network starting last March. That’s according to a June intelligence memo from the Department of Homeland Security...
17 Jul 20257min
More than 13,400 feds submit retirement paperwork in June
June saw the third largest number of federal employees retire in calendar year 2025. More than 13,400 feds submitted their paperwork. At the same time, the average number of days to process retirement...
17 Jul 20257min
The lead official on the effort to fix security clearances is retiring
The head of the effort to fix the security clearance process is retiring. David Cattler, the director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, is retiring after more than 35 years of fe...
16 Jul 20256min
The number of TSP millionaires is on the rise
The number of so-called TSP millionaires is on the rise. As of June, more than 171,000 participants in the Thrift Savings Plan have accounts totaling over $1 million. That’s a little over 2% of all TS...
14 Jul 20256min
