Federal Employee Resource Center

For many federal employees, reduction-in-force notices have felt suspended in uncertainty: issued, delayed, litigated, and left unresolved. At the Department of State, that uncerta...

FEMA’s reported effort to bring back disaster-response workers whose CORE appointments were not renewed is not just an agency-management headline. It is a reminder that federal emp...

After the longest Department of Homeland Security shutdown in history, most DHS employees are funded again. TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, Secret Service, and other DHS components are...

The Department of Agriculture’s plan to relocate much of the Food and Nutrition Service workforce outside the Washington area raises a question every federal employee should take s...

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...

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...

For DHS employees, a funding lapse is no longer a political story happening in Washington. It is a payroll crisis landing in kitchens, bank accounts, and family budgets. When the S...

Under 5 U.S.C. § 8423, federal employers “shall” contribute to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). That language is mandatory, not discretionary. For most agencies, the...

For federal employees challenging a Reduction in Force (RIF), the instinct is often to focus on the outcome—the job loss. But early MSPB litigation is rarely about that alone. Judg...

A recent survey of more than 11,000 federal employees placed governmentwide engagement at just 32 out of 100. Even more concerning, only 22.5% of respondents reported feeling safe ...

Federal employees are navigating one of the most uncertain periods in recent memory—agency changes, litigation, shifting policies, and real concerns about job security. In that env...

For many federal employees, being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) can feel like the beginning of the end of a career. Agencies often describe PIPs as supportive tool...