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)
While the Trump administration labels the change as an “accountability” measure, worker advocates blasted the rule as a ploy to make nonpartisan employees easier to fire and…
Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Russell Vought testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on his nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees set up a banner before a protest of a government shutdown on Jan. 8, 2019, in Philadelphia. Mark Makela / Getty Images)
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)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A senior Biden administration official details how the threat of Schedule F could hurt federal tech recruitment. And, TSA issues long-awaited cyber mandates for pipelines rail and…