Federal Employee Resource Center

Federal employees are hearing a lot of noise about layoffs—and most of it misses a critical development. Even though the recent shutdown has ended, Congress quietly extended a key ...

Black History Month is often framed as a time for reflection, celebration, and learning. For federal employees, it can also be a moment to think more deeply about how racial justic...

When a shutdown or funding lapse looms, many federal employees report the same unsettling pattern: offices acting as if it’s “business as usual,” while managers avoid putting anyth...

Many federal employees woke up this morning hoping for closure. The partial shutdown is only a few days old, and there is a real chance it ends later today. If that happens, some f...

Black History Month has reached its 100-year mark. Black federal employment stretches back nearly 160 years. Those timelines invite a hard but necessary question for today’s workfo...

Black History Month turns 100 this year. It began in 1926 as Negro History Week, created by Dr. Carter G. Woodson to correct a national record that erased Black contributions from ...

Federal employees received an unexpected update late Thursday afternoon: according to the New York Times, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and the White House have reached a f...

Federal employees are trained to read process before panic. That lens is especially important after reports that the FBI executed a search warrant at a Georgia election office. Hea...

Federal employees woke up this morning to something that has been missing for days: a credible offramp from a government shutdown. Not a promise, not a done deal—but a real procedu...

Federal employees are increasingly being asked to do more with less—fewer staff, tighter deadlines, and higher stakes. A recent report that the Department of Transportation plans t...

As the January 30 funding deadline approaches, federal employees are entering what can fairly be called the danger zone. With only days left on the calendar, Congress remains locke...

Federal employees are operating in an environment of sustained uncertainty. Shutdown risk, conflicting public narratives, and highly visible violence create a constant sense that c...