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Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.
In a surprising admission of internal breakdown, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently handed Workday a sole-source contract to overhaul federal HR systems. No competitive bidding. No...
If you work at the Department of Veterans Affairs—or know someone who does—this week’s developments are hard to ignore. Secretary Doug Collins just confirmed in congressional testimony that the VA's 1...
When 10,000 public-health professionals received pink slips this spring and entire research teams were told to pack up by June, the shock waves ripped far beyond the Department of Health & Human Servi...
On his first day back in office, President Trump reinstated “Schedule Policy/Career,” the new name for Schedule F, re-classifying roughly 50,000 positions—about 2 percent of the civilian workforce—int...
When Congress promises stability and then moves the goalposts, anxiety spikes—especially for federal employees who planned their exit down to the dollar. Last week a House budget draft cleared committ...
A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas just issued a ruling that’s making legal waves—and not for the reason you might expect. Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., appointed by Donald Trump in 201...
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a major ruling with implications for every federal employee and retiree. By a narrow 9–6 vote, the court upheld Judge Hollander’s injunction, t...
In a quietly brewing shift, the FDA is reportedly preparing to offload routine food safety inspections to state and local agencies—many of which are already underfunded and overextended. If this move ...
If you’re an HHS employee who received a Reduction in Force (RIF) notice on April 1st, you already know this doesn’t feel like a coincidence—it feels like a punchline. But the reality is no joke. Fede...
If you've been feeling the pressure of being forced back into the office—or if your reasonable accommodation (RA) request for telework has been denied or delayed—take a deep breath. What just happened...
A remarkable and deeply concerning legal move is unfolding—one that may affect the future of union protections for hundreds of thousands of federal employees. As we practice mindfulness in our federal...
An exclusive Washington Post story has revealed a draft White House document suggesting that massive layoffs—ranging from 8% to 50%—may hit various federal agencies. While the document is preliminary ...
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