The unsigned order, which prompted no public dissents, suggested the Trump administration could return to the high court if ...

The hosts of the Throughline podcast bring us the story of how a presidential assassination gave rise to the modern federal civil service. The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., ...

This story has been updated at 3 p.m. ET, May 1. Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday mostly along party lines to advance a series of proposals that would ...

Since President Donald Trump took office two months ago, his Department of Government Efficiency has pursued a campaign to cut what he calls bloated federal headcounts and wasteful spending. But while ...

The New York state Capitol building in Albany, N.Y. States are trying to recruit fired federal workers into open positions in state government. The public-sector workforce is still recovering from ...

Three states that have eliminated or dramatically curtailed their civil service systems have reaped many benefits, including quicker hires, improved satisfaction with personnel administration and ...

Denise Smith began working for the federal government a half century ago, during President Richard Nixon's administration. She was still in high school when she accepted a post as a Navy intern in ...

A proposed constitutional amendment would give Louisiana lawmakers new authority to remove jobs from the state’s protected civil service system, while also shortening terms and tightening limits for ...

Gerald Krygier is cheering from the sidelines as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency takes a chainsaw to government bloat. A secondary teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado, Krygier says the ...

When the U.S. Department of Education closed the office for civil rights’ regional outpost in Philadelphia, the complaints investigators there would have handled from schools in Pennsylvania and four ...