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 ...

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

The frenetic scale and speed of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its ...

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

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 ...

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.

Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most ...

One New York City department is seemingly not ready to play ball with President Donald Trump as he continues to issue executive orders related to migrants, ...