One estimate from Oxford Economics said a shutdown reduces economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points per week. A shutdown that lasts the entire quarter, which has never occurred, would reduce ...

The terms of the new order indicate that federal agencies will be hiring only with the approval of his political appointees.

CEMENTING POLICIES THAT DRIVE ACCOUNTABLE HIRING: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order requiring Federal hiring to follow specific policies and procedures established by agency ...

The ongoing government shutdown, now entering its third week, is hitting major infrastructure projects across the U.S., with ...

President Donald Trump’s budget director spent his “years of exile” planning cuts to the federal bureaucracy. A video that leaked publicly last fall revealed former Trump budget director Russ Vought ...

A California judge has issued a temporary restraining order to halt layoffs at federal agencies under the ongoing government shutdown. Two key unions for government workers—the American Federation of ...

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was due to receive just over $57 million in Federal Aviation Administration grant dollars before the end of the fiscal year this month. But after ...

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