Federal Employee Resource Center

For most federal employees, removal cases follow a familiar path. If an agency fires someone for performance, conduct, or as part of a reduction in force, the Merit Systems Protect...

For federal employees, few experiences are more destabilizing than being told your work is no longer needed—only to watch the agency later admit it needs that same work done. That ...

Many federal employees recently received a frustrating message: you were eligible for a quality step increase, but you were not selected. That disappointment is understandable. A Q...

Federal employees are taught to trust the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process as a neutral pathway for resolving discrimination claims. But recent reporting raises a harder ...

Last week’s House Appropriations Committee votes were not isolated policy disagreements—they reflect a coordinated shift in how the federal workforce is compensated, protected, and...

On April 24, every member of the National Science Board (NSB) was abruptly removed via a brief email from the Presidential Personnel Office. No transition plan. No explanation. Jus...

A Supreme Court case now developing—Harris v. Bessent—may directly affect how federal employees challenge discipline, removals, and other adverse actions. At its core, the dispute ...

Federal employees nearing retirement are facing a serious processing delay. OPM’s retirement backlog remains above 55,000 pending claims, more than three times higher than a year e...

For federal employees affected by last year’s HHS layoffs, the recent discussion about hiring 12,000 people raises a serious legal question: if the agency said positions were elimi...

For federal employees, the reported firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan raises a question far bigger than one Pentagon personnel decision: what happens when public servants are pu...

Federal employees are often asked to reconcile two competing narratives: what agency leadership reports to Congress and what unfolds inside the workplace. The IRS’s recent “home ru...

USDA’s large-scale relocation of thousands of employees raises a practical question: if federal agencies successfully operated remotely during the pandemic, why require cross-count...