A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to order firings in other agencies.

John Phelan, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Navy, says his background makes him the right candidate to fix the issues that have plagued the service.

The Energy Department, via the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is boosting research into fusion energy.

Trump officials gave terminated USAID employees 15-minute windows on Thursday to enter the agency headquarters, pack up belongings and leave for the last time.

GSA officials told some employees to prepare for a “box RIF,” meaning the elimination of entire groups or work functions.

The Defense Department has begun the process of identifying consulting contracts through GSA that it doesn't need and canceling them.

The inspector general found that many trainees far exceeded the Army body fat standards before starting the prep course.

GSA has asked 15 other agency heads “to reduce their agency charge card limits, and the number and usage of cards.” ...

The RIFs directive from the White House is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

Anne Meeker, a former congressional staff member, says layoffs in the executive branch lessen agencies' abilities to deal with citizens.

The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals whose cancellation would save $2 billion.

DHS, ODNI and NORTHCOM — powerful organizations established in the wake of 9/11 — continue to be topics of debate and subject to change two decades later.