Federal Employee Resource Center

A Pulitzer Prize may sound like a media story, but this one belongs in every federal workplace conversation. On May 4, 2026, The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public S...

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...

For many federal employees, arbitration feels like a distant part of the collective bargaining agreement—something handled by union representatives or labor counsel after a grievan...

The record-setting Department of Homeland Security shutdown ended on Thursday, April 30, 2026, when President Trump signed bipartisan legislation funding much of DHS, though not im...

Federal employees received a meaningful reminder this week: retaliation-flavored personnel actions are not always the final word. FEMA has reportedly welcomed back at least 15 whis...

Federal job applicants are reporting a troubling disconnect between what the Office of Personnel Management says publicly and what USAJOBS applications appear to require in practic...

In Louisiana v. Callais, a six-justice Supreme Court majority affirmed that Louisiana’s SB8 map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The key move was not that Section 2 of t...

GAO’s April 28, 2026 report on DOGE access at Treasury is more than a technology story. It is a federal employment story about what happens when career employees are asked to move ...

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...