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The National Nuclear Security Administration lost more than 230 federal employees in five quarters, and one of its security offices lost about 40 percent of the staff who oversee n...

OPM has written the "Fork in the Road" paid-leave deal into federal regulation. The final rule, published at 91 Fed. Reg. 65924 on October 19, 2026, takes effect November 18. If yo...

OPM Director Scott Kupor says the $9.5 billion the federal government paid its own employees not to work last year was "a massive benefit to the taxpayer," describing it as a 400 p...

You remember the Fork in the Road email — the subject line, and the one-word reply: Resign. Eighteen months later, the numbers are in: the government hired your replacements. Somet...

FEMA lost roughly 4,500 employees in eighteen months without ever assessing what the agency actually needed, according to a new Government Accountability Office audit — and the age...

The agency that runs your retirement, your health insurance, and your federal HR records has cut its own staff by roughly a third since the end of 2024 — and a new government watch...

A staggering 154,000 federal employees—nearly 7% of the civilian workforce—are being paid not to work. Known as deferred resignations, these arrangements remove employees from acti...