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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.

 
Federal Shutdown: Furloughs Set to Expand as Carryover Funds Run Out federal employment law federal shutdown furlough rights mindfulness at work mspb appeals Oct 07, 2025

If you haven’t gotten a furlough notice yet, you might soon. Agencies that relied on leftover funding are exhausting it, and new rounds of furloughs are unfolding daily. More than 620,000 federal empl...

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Federal Employee Guide to the 2025 Government Shutdown excepted employees federal employment federal shutdown furlough rights legal guidance Oct 01, 2025

The government officially shut down last night. Roughly 23% of the federal workforce—about 547,000 employees—are furloughed under the Trump administration’s plan. That leaves approximately 1.57 millio...

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OMB Memo Links Shutdowns to RIF Threats federal employment federal shutdown furlough rights mspb appeals rif notices Sep 25, 2025

Shutdowns are never easy for federal employees. Normally, the drill is painful but familiar: furloughs stop your paycheck, then Congress eventually funds the government, and you receive full back pay ...

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Federal Employee Rights in a Government Shutdown excepted employees federal employment federal shutdown furlough rights mindfulness at work Sep 23, 2025

With just over a week until the September 30 funding deadline, federal employees are left in limbo. Unlike prior years, when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published every agency’s continge...

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Federal Employees: Preparing for a Possible Government Shutdown continuing resolution federal employment federal shutdown furlough rights mspb appeals Sep 10, 2025

Congress has until October 1 to pass a short-term funding bill—known as a continuing resolution (CR)—to keep the government running. If passed, a CR typically extends funding into January. While your ...

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Government Shutdown: What Federal Employees Need to Know federal employee protections federal employment furlough rights government shutdown mindfulness at work Mar 10, 2025

Another government shutdown is looming, and if you’re a federal employee, you might be feeling anxious about what this means for your job, paycheck, and future. Let’s take a deep breath and break this...

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