A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across ...
The ruling is a setback for the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to dramatically shrink the federal workforce.
The Trump administration is arguing in court that agencies acted on their own to fire probationary staff, but it previously ...
The Trump administration must halt its firings of thousands of government employees who have been hired in the last two years ...
A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies ...
A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to order firings in other agencies.
Judge William Alsup said no “statute in the history of the universe” authorized OPM to take personnel action against ...
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, ...
The memo asks agency heads to develop plans for reductions in force and reorganization that include plans to promote ...
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said no law gave the Office of Personnel Management the authority to direct other federal agencies to fire thousands of workers.
The Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency,” the judge said.