The federal court order follows another win for probationary employees who challenged their terminations before the Merit Systems Protection Board.| FedScoop
The Pentagon is set to begin its termination of thousands of select probationary employees in the coming days as part of the Trump administration’s unfolding campaign to “maximize efficiency” by rapidly reducing the size of the federal workforce, according to a senior defense official.| DefenseScoop
Pentagon, U.S. military| FedScoop
A stop sign is seen in front of the White House on May 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ting Shen / AFP) (Photo by TING SHEN/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, center, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch subcommittee, while Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel, left, and Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Halpern, right, look on. The hearing was held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | FedScoop
Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society at OSTP, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images). | FedScoop