Eric Katz

18 hours ago | govexec.com | Eric Katz

Agencies across government have made preparations to quickly implement layoffs if a court order blocking them is lifted, leaving thousands of civil servants on the verge of losing their jobs should upcoming rulings go in favor of the Trump administration.

1 day ago | govexec.com | Eric Katz

The Trump administration’s top official leading governmentwide cuts said he values the input of the career federal workforce and has no intention of traumatizing it, despite his previous comments suggesting the contrary. Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, also defended his proposal to grow his own staff by 4% even as nearly every federal agency faces the prospects of drastic workforce cuts.

2 days ago | govexec.com | Eric Katz

A federal judge on Wednesday said the State Department appears to be violating her pause on most agency layoffs by moving forward with planned cuts, though she asked for additional evidence before making a final decision. The Trump administration told the court that the State Department’s reorganization, expected to lead to thousands of job cuts, is permissible even under the current preliminary injunction and layoff notices could go out as soon as next week.

4 days ago | govexec.com | Eric Katz

The Trump administration is looking to slash a net of 107,000 employees at non-defense agencies next fiscal year, which would lead to an overall reduction of more than 7% of those workers. Agencies laid out their workforce reductions in an expanded version of President Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget released on Friday, which includes both ideas they can implement unilaterally and proposals that will require congressional approval.

1 week ago | govexec.com | Eric Katz

An appeals court has allowed a pause on all layoffs at most major federal agencies to remain in place, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to block a lower court’s injunction and likely sending the matter to the Supreme Court for final adjudication.