New guidance documents from the Office of Personnel Management outline the steps agencies should take to begin using the “rule of many” in federal hiring.

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 ...

The hard work of stabilizing the economy is beginning to pay off. Inflation has eased, productivity has strengthened, and ...

The Trump administration’s move to add a “loyalty question” to federal job listings has stopped potential applicants from pursuing open positions — including IT roles — at agencies, recent court ...

The cornerstone program for training and placing student talent into government cybersecurity positions has been hobbled by recent federal employment logjams, jeopardizing workforce pipelines and ...

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Federal job applicants will soon need to rethink how they showcase their experience. Beginning September 27, 2025, agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length under new requirements ...

The Moore administration's plan to hire laid off federal workers is not happening right now. The decision comes after Republicans blasted the initiative as hypocritical because the state is in the ...

(The Center Square) − A former top government official said the federal government has a rare chance to rethink how it hires and trains top talent amid an ongoing hiring freeze. “From a workforce ...

While the U.S. economy appears to be expanding and worker productivity is high, job growth has drastically slowed this year, and these mixed signals have confounded the Federal Reserve, whose job it ...