Gallup analysis: Federal employee engagement and satisfaction fell in 2025 as burnout rose
Reddit — r/fednews +1 source ·
Hiring & Workforce
Federal hiring, USAJobs, security clearances, hiring freezes, and workforce development.
Survey: Feds were less engaged, less satisfied and more burnt out in 2025
Government Executive ·
Gallup Poll Finds Declining Federal Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction
FEDweek +1 source ·
Reorganization plans can look clean on paper and turn out far messier in real life
Reddit — r/fednews ·
Army Corps of Engineers faces high attrition risk over plans to relocate NYC office
Federal News Network ·
MSPB Caseload Hits Record Levels, Raising Stakes for Federal Employee Appeals
FedSmith ·
How Security Clearance Levels (Secret, TS/SCI, Full-Scope Poly) Affect Pay for Cleared Professionals
ClearanceJobs News ·
House GOP probes agency settlements with federal workers
GovExec — Workforce ·
OPM Director Shares Mostly Positive View of AI-Era Federal Workplaces
FEDweek ·
OPM Director Scott Kupor Sees Mostly Positive Impact From ‘AI Era’ Workplaces
FEDweek ·
Who’s Hiring? Federal Occupations Seeing the Most Growth
ClearanceJobs News ·
OPM Director Scott Kupor Details Plans to Modernize Federal HR and Retirement Services
NARFE News ·
OPM Unveils AI Tool to Reduce Federal Hiring Paperwork; FDA Updates Its AI Tool
FEDmanager ·
OPM Plans Revamped FEVS Focused on ‘Micro-Level’ Workforce Feedback
FEDmanager ·
OPM to Relaunch the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) to Better Measure Performance-Based Culture
Reddit — r/fednews +1 source ·
OPM says the loyalty question on federal job applications is optional
Reddit — r/fednews ·
USDA scientist honored for dairy research raises concerns about the future of federal research
GovExec — Workforce ·
Public Service awards recognize fewer federal employees as fewer agencies participate
GovExec — Workforce ·
Feds wary of skills-based hiring survey amid layoffs and reorganizations
GovExec — Workforce ·
Feds wary of skills-based hiring survey after 15 months of attacks
GovExec — Workforce ·
Survey: 76% of USDA researchers told to relocate say they won’t move
Federal News Network ·
OPM chief touts federal hiring push after 300,000 worker departures last year
Reddit — r/fednews ·
Public Service Recognition Week: One year after DOGE
Federal News Network ·
OPM uses AI to modernize federal job descriptions and retirement customer service
FedScoop ·
OPM touts new AI tool, “USA Class,” to generate federal position descriptions
FNN — Hiring & Retention ·
VA opens applications for Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program (SELRP)
VA News ·
OPM Rolls Out AI Tool to Help Agencies Write Federal Position Descriptions
FEDweek +2 sources ·
VA highlights Bridge My Return, an AI platform to translate military skills and match Veterans to civilian jobs
VA News ·
VA Denies Hiring Freeze, but Lawmakers Cite Ongoing Staffing Gaps
FEDmanager +1 source ·
OPM Launches Workforce Skills Survey as It Moves to Trim Federal Job Titles
FEDmanager ·
VA’s VET TEC 2.0 High-Tech Training Program Set to Reopen in June
Reddit — r/veterans ·
OPM Expands Access to AI-Powered USA Class Tool to Streamline Federal Hiring
OPM News ·
Hemp Edibles and Security Clearances: Why Legal Changes Don’t Eliminate the Risk
ClearanceJobs News ·
Hemp-Derived Edibles Still Risky for Security Clearance Holders Despite Legal Changes
ClearanceJobs News ·
Nearly 387,000 Federal Employees Separated From Service in One Year, Post Claims
Reddit — r/fednews ·
Federal Mediation Service delays or denies arbitrators for union grievance cases, alarming labor experts
GovExec — Workforce ·
Federal Mediation Service Delays Arbitrator Requests, Disrupting Federal Union Grievance Cases
GovExec — Workforce +1 source ·
OPM: Political appointees exempt from new performance evaluations because they are at-will
Federal News Network ·
D.C. region’s federal workforce hits lowest level since 1990, analysis finds
Reddit — r/fednews ·
Education Department to hire more civil rights attorneys after reversing hundreds of layoffs
Federal News Network ·
OPM to Survey Some Federal Employees on Job Competencies
FEDweek ·
Court filings claim federal applicants can’t skip OPM ‘loyalty question’ despite it being labeled optional
FNN — Hiring & Retention +1 source ·
HHS Says It Plans to Hire 12,000 Employees After Last Year’s Job Cuts
NARFE News ·
HHS Plans to Hire 12,000 Employees After Cutting 20,000 Jobs Last Year
NARFE News ·
OPM Begins Consolidating Low-Utilization and Obsolete GS and Wage Grade Occupational Series
FEDweek ·
OPM: Consolidating Occupational Series Is First Step in Broader Job Classification Modernization
FEDweek ·
OPM flags 100+ obsolete or redundant federal job titles for consolidation; about 5,000 employees to be reassigned
Federal News Network ·
OPM consolidates niche federal job titles, affecting about 5,000 employees
GovExec — Workforce +1 source ·
Marijuana Reclassification and Security Clearances: What (If Anything) Has Changed?
ClearanceJobs News ·
OPM update raises questions about which federal job series may be targeted for cuts
Reddit — r/fednews ·
OPM’s 2027 budget proposal centers on modernizing federal HR systems
FNN — Budget +1 source ·
Social Security to roll out limited new systems to manage workload, centralize application intake
Federal News Network +2 sources ·
Social Security plans limited rollout of new systems to manage workload after staffing cuts
FNN — Hiring & Retention ·