New OPM guidance clarified that agencies can let employees working on RIFs continue doing their jobs, with no lapses, throughout a government shutdown.

The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo late Wednesday directing agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in the event ...

If the federal government shuts down on Oct. 1, some programs will continue functioning. Federal employees deemed essential ...

More than 100,000 US federal workers will formally quit Tuesday as part of the latest wave of the Trump administration's ...

Social Security is considered mandatory, and funding for those programs is generally unaffected by a shutdown. Medicare ...

Staying open: The VA’s primary call center, its veterans crisis line, suicide prevention programs, homelessness services, and ...

At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, the federal government will shut down unless Congress can pass a short-term funding ...

More than 100,000 federal workers will formally quit Tuesday as part of the latest wave of the Trump administration's ...

A new policy change will significantly cut funding used to place people experiencing homelessness in permanent housing.

Congress has until midnight on Sept. 30 to strike a compromise and avoid a shutdown. Neither side seems to be budging.

As Democratic and Republican lawmakers fight over a funding bill and healthcare cuts, the possibility of a government ...

Thousands of employees are expected to be dropped from the federal government’s payroll in the days ahead. It’s a result of the Trump Administration’s efforts to shrink and reshape the federal ...