WASHINGTON (AP) — Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the career ladder to become a public affairs officer for ...

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and ...

These are not all interchangeable cogs in the federal machinery. They are the people who ... In 1883, Congress created the United States Civil Service Commission to replace the Spoils System with ...

Civil service is another term for “professional workforce” and we want this in government, right? And yet, as I write this, ...

President Donald Trump is forging ahead with his government overhaul, with Elon Musk threatening dismissals for federal employees who don’t respond to a mass email. This week will also see Trump meet ...

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population ...

Since President Donald Trump began his second term last month, he has focused on dramatically reducing the federal workforce ...

As the hard-charging DOGE has sought to make its imprint on the federal government, several high-profile officials have ...

Every time a new administration takes office, the federal civil service system faces scrutiny ... employees are not at all unique in the United States; in fact, similar protections are enjoyed ...