Leaders of unions that represent federal workers said Trump's RTO mandate would not make the government more efficient and could deter top talent.
OPM asked federal agencies to compile lists of workers to consider terminating, reflecting DOGE's goals to cut the government workforce.
Shalanda Young, outgoing director of Biden’s Office of Management and Budget, spoke about her historic tenure, her approach to leadership — and her concerns about what lies ahead.
President Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week, signing an executive order in front of cheering supporters at Washington's Capital One Arena on Monday. The move would force large numbers of white-collar government employees to forfeit remote working arrangements,
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to immediately terminate all remote arrangements.
Russ Vought faces questioning during his confirmation about him wanting to make some federal employees more accountable to the president than to the bureaucracy.
New memo could boost transfer of senior executives, as the president did on a limited basis in his first term.
If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 and 2024, Vought described how he helped create legal justifications to prevent military leaders and government lawyers from obstructing Trump's executive actions, ProPublica reported.
President Trump called for a hiring freeze and a return to office for federal employees, but implementing telework changes will face multiple roadblocks.
Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders impacting federal workers, many of whom live in the D.C. area.
Donald Trump promised stark changes for government workers. On his first day in office, he ordered federal employees to return to the office.