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Former federal workers protest against Trump administration policies in front of the Hubert Humphrey Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C. on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Agencies that fired 25,000 federal workers comply with court-ordered reinstatements

Roughly 15,500 reinstatements were a direct result of the district court order, while roughly 6,000 workers were already reinstated, per court documents.

1 day ago By Madison Alder

The Daily Scoop Podcast

A new CIO at the Department of Homeland Security; NOAA firings spark concerns for agency’s data-centric mission

New DHS CIO Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency. And, terminations could threaten the weather…

2 days ago By FedScoop Staff

SILVER SPRING, MD – MARCH 03: Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 03, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Last week the Trump administration fired about 800 probationary staff at NOAA, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science. The layoffs are on top of about 500 employees who left the agency after taking the so-called deferred resignation offer. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NOAA firings spark concerns for agency’s data-centric mission

Terminations could threaten the weather and climate agency’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, former workers said.

5 days ago By Madison Alder

A Department of Homeland Security logo is seen inside a press conference room on May 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

DHS picks Marine, intelligence veteran as new CIO

Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency.

5 days ago By Matt Bracken

WASHINGTON D.C., Aug. 28 2022 — A sign outside the Department of Energy building on Independence Ave SW. (Image credit: John Hewitt Jones)

Energy Department taps Twitter, Google alum as CIO

Ross Graber will take over as DOE’s top IT official after former SpaceX network engineer Ryan Riedel lasted a month in the job.

5 days ago By Caroline Nihill Billy Mitchell

Workday’s Lynn Martin and Carl Eschenbach lead a discussion at the FedScoop Federal Forum. (FedScoop)

Workday eyes federal expansion amid an administration that wants ‘to do things differently’

Workday’s top executive says the company’s “massive investment” in the federal government comes amid “the perfect inflection point when the government's saying we’ve got to do things…

6 days ago By Billy Mitchell

Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder)

Federal judge orders reinstatement of workers at multiple agencies, unions say

Unions and organizations who brought the lawsuit celebrated the order as a win for thousands of federal probationary workers who have been fired.

Mar 13, 2025 By Madison Alder

GSA building — The General Services Administration headquarters in April 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA tees up internal demo days following cuts to tech staff

The voluntary software and engineering demonstrations from agency offices follow reductions in force, the termination of probationary employees and touch-bases with the DOGE.

Mar 12, 2025 By Caroline Nihill

The Daily Scoop Podcast

The Trump administration picks a U.S. CTO; Judge says the DOGE will likely have to turn over its records sooner rather than later

The White House’s CTO nominee earned a PhD from MIT and spent time at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. And, Elon Musk’s group is…

Mar 12, 2025 By FedScoop Staff

Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wears a “Tech Support” t-shirt as he speaks during the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term, on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

DOGE must comply with expedited request to release records, judge rules

Elon Musk’s group is likely subject to federal records law, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said Monday.

Mar 11, 2025 By Matt Bracken