The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce.

Tens of thousands of federal employees across DHS have been feeling financial strain after working for over a month, without pay, throughout the shutdown.

The federal workforce declined by more than 10% in 2025 during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Federal employment ...

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

A major shift is coming for tens of thousands of federal employees as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to ...

OPM’s Federal HR 2.0 consolidates systems, but without connected workflows and AI-driven experiences agencies may still see the same old results.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought at the White House September 29, 2025. - Francis Chung/Politico/AP/File ...

A March 2026 Brookings report confirms the DMV led the nation in job loss last year. New data shows 72,000+ federal jobs gone, a 14% federal employment decline, and early signs of a broader regional ...

This blog was originally posted in October 2025 and has since been updated. It is now looking almost certain that there will be a partial shutdown of the federal government starting tomorrow. While ...

Note: Figures for new hires exclude people who transferred into publicly reported federal jobs from elsewhere in the federal government. “Separations” includes quits, retirements, terminations and ...

Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order last May streamlining the process for hiring former federal employees to the ...