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We discuss the latest news and trends facing government leaders on such topics as technology, management and workforce. The program will explore headlines of the day as well as in depth discussions with top executives in both government and industry.

Federal judge denies union request to halt purging of agency probationary employees; Transportation Department has a new CIO

The court in another major federal workforce lawsuit said it lacks authority to move forward with the case. And Pavan Pidugu is the new CIO of DOT.

4 hours ago

Katie Arrington returns to DOD as CISO; IRS is the latest agency to be sued by union groups over DOGE’s access to agency systems

Arrington, the architect of CMMC, is back at the Pentagon. And IRS is being sued for allowing the DOGE to access taxpayer systems.

1 day ago

NSF terminates 168 probationary employees amid mass federal firings; Federal judge denies the request to block DOGE and Elon Musk from seven agencies’ data systems

NSF is among the latest federal agencies to terminate its probationary employees. And, a federal judge rules against a lawsuit seeking to limit the DOGE's access into…

2 days ago

AFGE says it will fight mass federal firings, refuting ‘performance’ claims; Treasury’s inspector general plans to audit DOGE’s access to payment systems

After a purging a federal probationary employees, a top union says it will fight back against claims that those employees had poor performance. And, the latest in…

3 days ago

GSA staff reinterviewed by DOGE prior to terminating probationary employees; Unions lack standing to fight deferred resignation

DOGE ‘touch-base’ sessions with staff at the General Services Administration preceded probationary terminations, and stirred privacy concerns internally, a source told FedScoop. And Unions lack standing to…

Feb 14, 2025

GSA looks to terminate probationary employees; USAID employees blocked from implementing payments

GSA looks to terminate probationary employees following an OPM guidance that allows them to have those powers. Additionally, USAID employees were blocked from implementing payments because of…

Feb 13, 2025

Trump order limits agency hiring, puts DOGE leads in decision-making roles; the State Department loses its top data and AI official

The new executive order looks to minimize agency hiring allowances, requiring four workers to depart for every one hire to be made. And, Matthew Graviss is leaving…

Feb 12, 2025

House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices; CISA election, disinformation officials placed on administrative leave

Members of the House look to ban DeepSeek from federal devices. And CISA's election and disinformation team is being dismantled.

Feb 11, 2025