Trump can fire government watchdog fighting for federal employees, appeals court rules
The 1978 federal law that created the Office of Special Counsel protected the job from firing for anything other than ...
Special government employees come with a 130-day cap. But, no one knows when - or if - Musk will leave
The president has tasked Elon Musk with eliminating waste, fraud,and abuse in the federal government, a mission that will ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Reportedly Are—As Judge Blocks Mass Firings Of Probationary Employees
A federal judge ruled Thursday the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary government workers was probably illegal ...
Watchdogs fired by Trump raise alarms over future of independent government oversight
President Trump has fired several independent government watchdogs. They're now sharing warnings about what it could mean for ...
Government Employee Oversight Board Rules In Favor Of 6 Workers Fired By Elon Musk
The order follows an Office of Special Counsel decision that itself found ... rescind any and every unlawful termination of ...
Federal watchdog says firing of probationary employees was illegal
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, wrote that the terminations appear "contrary to a ...
DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they’ll ...
Government Watchdog Moves to Protect Probationary Federal Workers
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary ...
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Musk might have violated federal employee ethics law, lawyers say
While he is not technically its leader, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person who has been named a special government employee, is spearheading the Trump administration’s initiative to shrink ...
USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers’ board says
A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of ...
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Thousands of fired USDA employees to be temporarily reinstated following MSPB decision
The Office of Special Counsel applauded MSPB’s stay decision at USDA and urged all agencies to follow suit on reinstating fired probationary employees.