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Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., speaks onstage at the 2024 CARE International Women’s Day Dinner at National Museum of the American Indian on March 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for CARE)

New bill aims to narrow AI hiring gap between government and industry

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would overhaul agency and OPM hiring practices for artificial intelligence and tech talent.
An organizational flag flies outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 as demonstrators gather to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

Trump administration outlines details for centralized HR effort 

The two-year plan will see at least eight agencies transition to the platform in fiscal 2026, with the remaining agencies transitioning in 2027.
Protesters hold signs in solidarity with the American Federation of Government Employees of District 14 at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

OPM ‘loyalty question’ pushes potential agency applicants away, court documents show

Pseudonymous declarations from four federal workers paint a picture of a policy “having its intended impact” of politicizing agency work, an attorney for the plaintiffs says.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: People walk past the headquarters of the U.S. Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Even after announcing that loans and grants formerly managed by the Department of Education will be transferred to the SBA, President Donald Trump announced last week that the SBA is cutting around 43% of its workforce, or about 2,700 positions. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A week after shutdown’s end, some federal workers’ job status remains in limbo

Many Education and State workers are still in the dark, while dozens of SBA employees were told their RIFs were halted only to be told a day…
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Fired US State Department workers push their belongings in a shopping cart as they leave the building in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025. The US State Department began laying off more than 1,300 employees as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to massively downsize the federal government workforce. A State Department official said 1,107 members of the civil service and 246 Foreign Service employees were being informed that they were being fired. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate-approved resolution to open the government appears to halt diplomat RIFs

Despite being announced before the shutdown, the bill’s prohibition on reduction-in-force activity encompasses the separation date for foreign service officers.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: The reflection the flag of the U.S. Department of Energy is seen on its building on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration announced on Monday it is releasing the second loan disbursement worth $56.7 million to Holtec International to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Dawn Zimmer takes over as permanent Energy CIO

The move to install Zimmer comes after a high turnover rate in the department’s top IT post under the Trump administration.
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