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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: About 75 demostrators rally during a press conference outside the Department of Labor headquarters on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Current and former Department of Labor workers and their supporters rallied in protest of the workforce cuts in the department’s Women’s Bureau, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and Bureau of International Labor Affairs by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge halts federal reductions-in-force amid shutdown

A federal judge in California said the RIFs appear to be “politically motivated” and temporarily halted efforts to carry them out.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 06: A general view of the Center for Disease Control headquarters is seen in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on August 06, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

CDC sent RIF notices, then pulled some back. The result is chaos, advocates and workers say

Roughly half of the reduction-in-force notices sent to CDC staff last week were rolled back, workers and advocates said. The error adds to existing administrative disorder.
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks as President Donald Trump looks on prior to signing a presidential proclamation in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14, 2025. (Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

IRS taps familiar face as new CEO: SSA’s Frank Bisignano

The Social Security Administration commissioner will keep his current position and step into the newly created role overseeing day-to-day operations at the embattled tax agency.
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Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

White House directs agencies to consider staff reductions in case of shutdown

In a message to agency leaders, the Office of Management and Budget said a funding lapse for programs means that they no longer have to be carried…
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a press conference with other members of House Republican leadership in Washington, DC on Sept. 16, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House staffers will have access to Microsoft Copilot this fall 

The CAO says it is reviewing the $1 deals other technology companies are making with the General Services Administration.
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