9 entries in the ledger
The administration agreed on September 26, 2026, to rescind the policy behind roughly 4,200 reduction-in-force notices issued to federal employees during the 43-day 2025 shutdown, settling a lawsuit by the American...
A Government Accountability Office report found the federal government paid more than $9.5 billion in 2025 to employees on paid administrative leave under DOGE's deferred-resignation program -- a 435% increase in such...
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled Sept. 11 that a DHS plan to cut FEMA's staffing by 50% — more than 11,000 employees — was unlawful. Illston found DHS, then led by Secretary Kristi Noem, directed FEMA's leadership...
The Partnership for Public Service published a report on July 29, 2026 finding that inspector general offices at Cabinet departments produced an average of 6% fewer audits and 25% fewer investigative reports in the first...
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled on July 17, 2026 that the administration violated the law when it dismissed Mary Comans, FEMA's former chief financial officer, without following civil-service removal...
President Trump signed Executive Order 14410, 'Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service,' on June 3, 2026. It moves roughly 8,000 career federal positions — those the administration classifies as...
The Education Department announced on March 26, 2026 that it will move out of its Washington headquarters into smaller office space, with the Energy Department assuming the lease. The relocation is planned for August...
On October 7, 2025, Axios reported on a draft Office of Management and Budget memo arguing that the 2019 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act does not automatically guarantee back pay to workers furloughed during the...
On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the administration's stay application in Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, suspending U.S. District Judge Susan Illston's May 22 preliminary injunction...