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Kentucky Rep_ James Comer is decrying a new rule making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees as an attempt to "insulate the federal workforce from accountability."

 

A new federal rule could make it much harder for former President Trump to overhaul the federal workforce in his political image if he wins back the presidency in November.

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Under proposed regulations, the federal government’s HR agency would no longer need to approve waivers of traditional incentive payment caps in advance,...

In July 2023, the White House released the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy. The strategy is designed to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage by emphasizing skills-based hiring and lifelong learning. It also provides guidance for other nations, particularly in the Gulf region, as they undergo their own digital transformation and work toward gender equality in their workforces.

The Office of Personnel Management is working on a skills-based classification and qualifications policy, set to be released by the end of this fiscal y...

If Donald Trump wins a second term, he and his allies want to revive a plan to allow a president to fire civil service workers who are supposed to be hired on merit. The Biden administration is trying to thwart it.

When President Joe Biden took office, he swiftly canceled an executive order his predecessor Donald Trump had issued that could have enabled Trump to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and replace them with loyalists. But Democrats never succeeded in enacting legislation to strengthen protections for the civil service system as a matter of law. Now, with Trump seemingly poised to win the GOP nomination again, the Biden administration is instead trying to effectively Trump-proof the civil

Rob Shriver argues the White House's calls to increase in-person work are consistent with the HR agency’s prior policies.