If Trump and Musk don’t succeed in showing the bureaucracy who’s boss, it’s likely no one ever will.

It violates statutes, undoes a century of civil service reform, and would derail government services. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more ...

Nonpartisan federal workers in South Florida are speaking out against potential mass layoffs, warning that deep cuts to ...

'Foiled again': The Editor of the Sun, Charles Dana, 'angry that an efficient and honest citizen has been appointed' by ...

Opinion: In our state, as across the nation, we worked with Democrats and Republicans and understood that competent public ...

Federal money to boost and protect the tree canopies of Portland, Oregon, could disappear as the Trump administration freezes ...

“Good enough for government work” is a phrase that has carried the scorn of the general population for more than half a ...

Ah yes, those were the good old days when an American president could do what he wanted with the federal workforce. That was ...

There are difficult months ahead for those who work for the federal government, and those who depend on its programs.

So the parties came together in 1883 to pass the Pendleton Act stipulating that government workers are hired based on their skills and abilities, not their political views. That law was updated in ...

Does the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protect members of the military from delinquent rent bills? Find out in this week's ...

In response, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in 1883 to “regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,” establishing a merit-based system for federal hiring. Under the current ...