President Donald Trump extended his administration’s hiring freeze of all federal civilian positions for another 89 days in a memo released Thursday evening. The freeze, which the president initially ...

OPM says it’s optional for job candidates to answer the essays and that they won’t be disqualified from consideration if they skip them.

President Trump issued a memorandum Thursday extending a pause on the hiring of new federal workers through July 15. “No Federal civilian position that is presently vacant may be filled, and no new ...

The combination of a lack of outreach around a newly deployed survey of federal workers’ skillsets with the recent flood of ...

The Trump administration is moving at lightning speed to shrink the federal government and freeze federal hiring. But some people are still getting jobs. Special exemptions laid out by the White House ...

The federal government’s human resources agency is looking to artificial intelligence to streamline the writing of federal ...

1.6 million federal workers affected by layoffs or furloughs in 2025. Private sector hiring slows, though key industries still expanding. Health care, finance, tech and manufacturing show strongest ...

Governors around the country are putting up “We’re hiring” signs for fired federal workers. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In ...

As mass layoffs continue to sweep through the federal workforce, thousands of former employees are looking to state and local governments for their next career move. And while some of these ...