A flurry of executive orders signed shortly after Trump assumed office will have huge implications for the government workforce.

Trump’s blitz against the independence of the civil service is undermining a core pillar of American democracy.  President Donald Trump showed his admiration for Andrew Jackson when, eight years ago, ...

President Donald Trump issued a host of executive orders on his first day, aiming to reverse many of President Joe Biden’s ...

What the Trump folks want is to replace an existing meritocracy with the kind of spoils system that turns civil service into ...

The federal civil service system is designed to ensure merit-based hiring and firing, and protects employees from arbitrary ...

Donald Trump has promised mass deportations but his plans will face enormous financial, legal and logistical hurdles at every step of the process ...

But only months after being sworn in, the spoils system exacted its most horrifying toll. Garfield was assassinated by a ...

Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing." ...

As the Center for American Progress has noted, “the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the ...

The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging local school districts to adopt clear policies spelling out how and when ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...