Federal Employee Resource Center

OPM's new suitability rule lets the agency order the removal of a sitting federal employee for conduct that happened after they were hired — and Government Executive's headline for...

For more than forty years, federal employees have had a structured way to challenge discipline that feels excessive, inconsistent, or unsupported. That structure comes from the Dou...

Starting July 30, 2026, federal agencies will have a new way to remove employees already on the job — one built for screening applicants, not managing an existing workforce. The Of...

Federal employees know the difference between a policy shift and an institutional dismantling. The reported transfer of two core Education Department functions—the Office for Civil...

Federal employees should be watching Jackler v. Department of Justice closely. The case involves two career immigration judges, Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch, who were removed f...

Federal employees are trained to serve the public without regard to party, ideology, or political preference. That is why reports of disaster funding disparities between Democratic...

Federal employees have spent the past year absorbing reductions, reorganizations, removals, and shifting workplace expectations—all often justified in the name of making government...

For probationary federal employees, the past year has carried an unmistakable message: early-career service can feel precarious even when the government says it wants to recruit ne...

When a federal employee receives a proposed removal, the case can feel deeply personal and immediately overwhelming. The agency file may include a proposed removal, decision letter...

A reduction in force is supposed to serve the efficiency of the service. That phrase matters. It is not just a bureaucratic label or a line in an agency announcement. When an agenc...

The numbers are stark: in a recent survey discussed by The Guardian, 95% of fired probationary federal employees reported ongoing mental-health effects months after losing their jo...

The recent NOTUS reporting about the IRS raises a hard question for federal employees: what happens when workforce cuts create operational gaps, and the people left behind are blam...