OPM issues federal civilian hiring freeze guidance
More details are emerging about President Trump’s federal hiring freeze executive order. A memo from the Trump administration confirms that military personnel, as well as hires for many national and p...
23 Jan 20257min
DHS nominee advances out of committee to Senate floor
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s nomination for homeland security secretary is moving forward in the Senate. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13 to 2 on Monday night t...
22 Jan 20257min
Federal agencies under 90-day hiring freeze
All agencies are under a 90-day hiring freeze with the exception of military personnel of the armed forces or of positions related to immigration enforcement, national security or publicsafety. The fr...
22 Jan 20257min
Democrats introduce FAIR Act to raise federal pay in 2026
Civilian federal employees just got a 2 percent average raise added to their pay checks. But Democrats are already looking ahead to next year’s federal pay raise. The FAIR Act would give federal emplo...
17 Jan 20256min
Comer introduces SHOW UP Act to get federal workers back to the office
Federal employees are facing a familiar bill in a long line of legislation aiming to cut telework options. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer reintroduced the SHOW UP Act this week. The bi...
17 Jan 20257min
State Dept reports a record number of Americans now have passports
A record number of Americans hold a U-S passport. The State Department says there are more than 170 million in circulation and that it issued or renewed 90 million passports during the Biden administr...
16 Jan 20256min
OPM finalizing rules to bring blue collar wages in line with General Schedule
The Office of Personnel Management is finalizing rules meant to bring the wages of blue collar feds more geographically in line with their General Schedule counterparts. Under the changes set to take ...
14 Jan 20256min
OPM tells federal workers to plan to telework throughout inauguration week
As Inauguration Day approaches, federal employees in the D.C. area should plan to telework all this week, and into next week, if they’re able to. The Office of Personnel Management says preparations f...
13 Jan 20255min
