Federal employee retirement applications hit another record high
Federal employees’ retirement applications are continuing to flood the Office of Personnel Management. In February, another 31,000 retirement claims entered the agency’s systems. That puts OPM’s Retir...
9 Mars 4min
A plan to limit when federal employees can cancel their union dues is off the table
A plan to limit when federal employees can cancel their union du es if officially off the table. The Federal Labor Relations Authority is rescinding a previous proposal from 2022, which would have gi...
6 Mars 6min
OpenAI and the Defense Department adjust the deal they made days ago
OpenAI and the Defense Department have adjusted the deal they made just days ago for use of the company’s artificial intelligence tools in classified environments. The changes center around prohibitin...
5 Mars 5min
New bill would protect domestic violence survivors during the federal retirement process
A new bill would prevent federal retirees who survived domestic violence from needing to share personal details with their abusers during the retirement process. Currently, retired feds must get writt...
4 Mars 6min
TSP funds mostly stay positive in February
Federal employees saw only small growth in most of their retirement accounts in February. All but one of the funds in the Thrift Savings Plan came in with positive returns for the month, but the incre...
3 Mars 6min
Federal union calls for Congress to pay all DHS employees during partial shutdown
Tens of thousands of employees have been working unpaid through the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. But thousands of others across DHS will be getting a paycheck on time. The American Federa...
2 Mars 6min
Sen. Wyden puts hold on nominee to lead U.S. Cyber command and NSA
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is blocking the Trump administration’s nominee to lead both U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. Wyden says that Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd, who curren...
27 Feb 6min
New GAO data looks at agency staffing declines in 2025
While nearly all major federal agencies saw staffing declines in the first half of 2025, the size of those separations varied. NASA’s workforce, along with civilian staff at the Defense Department, de...
26 Feb 6min
