The 2026 COLA of 2.8% will be added to retirement benefits beginning in January. But FERS retirees will receive a 2% “diet” COLA.

CMS is temporarily calling back all furloughed employees during the Medicare and Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment ...

Senate Democrats indicated they wouldn’t vote for the GOP bill, since it does not include financial relief for furloughed ...

Collins says the VA will have to furlough more staff from VA’s central office next week if the shutdown continues.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees ...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who led the Shutdown Fairness Act, is "hopeful" to reach a bipartisan agreement to pay federal employees as soon as this weekend.

A portion of the Food and Drug Administration’s shutdown-exempt workforce is seeing missing or partial paychecks this week, after a glitch in its payroll systems. Most FDA employees keep working ...

"The federal government fantasizes about being able to fill jobs in 80 days ... Tennessee is doing it in 47 to 53 days," said Jeff Neal.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked most layoffs. But federal employees who have already received RIF notices say they’re afraid of what happens next.

Ed Forst, a real estate and financial services executive, says GSA “stands at the tip of the spear” of the Trump administration’s government efficiency agenda.

Chris Ritter, the division director for scientific computing and AI at the Idaho National Lab, said using AI to improve basic workflow processes is step one.