Several agency heads, put in place by the president, are publicly opposing a directive from top Trump ally and billionaire ...

The Pentagon said it would start this week to fire probationary employees as part of a large cutting of its civilian ...

The Pentagon is telling staffers to disregard an order instigated by DOGE chief Elon Musk to document their accomplishments ...

Federal agencies are instructing employees not to respond to an email from Elon Musk for them to list five accomplishments at ...

Pentagon officials told civilian employees to pause responses to the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) request to ...

The cost-saving goal was announced in a statement released by Darin Selnick, who is temporarily serving as DOD’s personnel chief. The department employed 764,000 civilians as of June 2024 ...

Probationary periods tend to last a year but can be longer for certain positions. Mr. Selnick’s statement said that the department would institute a hiring freeze while officials conducted ...

after which we will implement a hiring freeze while we conduct a further analysis of our personnel needs," Darin Selnick, the man who is currently performing the duties of the under secretary of ...

acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Darin Selnick said in a statement. “We anticipate reducing the Department’s civilian workforce by 5-8% to produce efficiencies and ...

The Department of Defense told its employees to pause responding to emails asking them about their accomplishments last week, ...