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The talent development programme aims to close ‘critical skills gaps’ within US government agencies by hiring tech talent for two-year assignments.

To be eligible for the two-year program, you need only “strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for public service.”​

The hiring plan is one piece of the White House's massive overhaul of the civil service.

About 150,000 workers took the Trump administration’s resignation deal. The mass resignation is in stark contrast to white-collar employees who are “job-hugging."

A federal funding lapse appears to be one of the stipulated reasons why “reductions in force” may be allowed — but it's complicated.

The former managing partner of venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, weighs in on running OPM, federal layoffs, and AI.

A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of thousands of probationary workers

The U.S. federal hiring system has undergone a significant transformation with the implementation of the “rule of many,” officially finalized by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in September 2025. This change replaces the longstanding “rule of three,” which limited agencies to selecting only one candidate from the top three…

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…