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Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
Extends the freeze on hiring Federal civilian employees within the executive branch through July 15, 2025. This freeze continues to apply to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational...more
On April 2, 2025, and April 8, 2025, respectively, the Senate’s special subcommittee and House emergency committee met to receive updates on how federal layoffs and budget reductions are impacting Virginia’s residents and...more
The Director of the OMB Director shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government, requiring that agencies may hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart. Agency heads must adhere to...more
The motions docket of the U.S. Supreme Court remains busy. Following the April 4 decision in Department of Education v. California—in which the Court, treating a temporary restraining order (TRO) as if it were a preliminary...more
On March 24, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order addressing subject matter jurisdiction in a case involving unions and federal employee terminations following President Trump’s...more
The Trump administration presses forward with its tariff policy and introduces new election law and Treasury rules, while facing several new lawsuits challenging previous actions....more
Hundreds of Former Federal Workers Apply for PA State Jobs Pennsylvania has received around 1,100 applications from former federal employees for state jobs following an executive order by Governor Josh Shapiro (D) giving...more
Orders the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to be delegated the authority to make final suitability determinations and take suitability actions regarding employees in the executive branch based on...more
On March 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a request from the Trump administration for an immediate administrative stay of a California district court order issued last week. The 9th Circuit’s order...more
On March 18, the federal government filed a response to U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup’s request for information regarding the status of rehired federal probationary employees. In the request for information, Judge...more
Current news on the government efficiency and reform front concerns the near-miss of a government shutdown last week (the budget would have lapsed at midnight on March 14, 2025). One reason some cited against allowing a...more
On February 27, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reportedly ordered the CFPB to reinstate employees who are veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were previously terminated. The CFPB reinstated these...more
On February 27, the FDIC reportedly ordered all employees to return to the office by the end of March, with few exceptions, as part of a workforce reduction plan. According to an all-staff email from Daniel H. Bendler, the...more
Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order to Hire Fired Federal Workers - Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order giving hiring preference to federal employees laid off by the Trump administration, aiming to fill 5,600...more
The New York Times reported on March 4, 2025, that the Trump administration is aiming to cut half of the Internal Revenue Service’s workforce by the end of the year. The cuts are reportedly across all divisions of the IRS,...more
In this week's episode of OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger, attorneys at Offit Kurman, discuss the recruitment of new hires in light of recent changes in federal government employment under the new presidential...more
On February 26, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued guidance to federal agencies on implementing President Trump’s Executive Order 14210 from February 11 requiring...more
It has proven to be an eventful first month of the new administration with multiple executive orders, memoranda issued, and lawsuits filed in response. Things are moving quickly and should be continually monitored for...more
This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things,...more
It was reported this weekend that all federal employees received an e-mail from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) telling employees to report “five bullets about what you did last week.” The e-mail also states that...more
The new presidential Administration’s cost-reduction initiatives, including a hiring freeze and return-to-office mandate for federal employees, are poised to impact the efficiency of the US Patent and Trademark Office...more
On February 18, the FDIC will reportedly undergo significant workforce reductions and terminate approximately 170 probationary employees as part of ongoing personnel cuts at the Corporation. Probationary employees, who may...more
Following his January 20th inauguration, President Donald Trump has made a concerted effort to downsize the executive branch of the federal government. Today, in a move that many have anticipated for weeks, President Trump’s...more
Everything's enjoined! Almost. It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down. To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update short. ...more
Among the less-noticed, less-reported implications of “firing” federal employees for whatever reason (or no reason) is the process under current law and regulations that applies to reducing or eliminating programs and...more