Natalie Alms

Washington, D.C., United States

Federal Workforce Reporter at FCW

journalist who covers how the govt's tech affects you🫵@NextgovFCW, part of @GovExec. NC native, DC resident. tips - [email protected] and signal at nalms.41

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VA-based DOGE associate gets ‘the boot’ after publicly discussing his work

6 days ago | washingtontechnology.com | Natalie Alms

A former associate of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he was removed from DOGE after an interview where he discussed his work was published earlier this month.
Fired GSA 18F employees appeal to have jobs reinstated

1 week ago | govexec.com | Natalie Alms

Former employees of the General Services Administration’s 18F unit, an in-house consultancy that helps agencies with their technology matters, filed an appeal to reinstate their employment after their positions were eliminated in March in a move that entirely wiped out that office. The terminated employees filed a class-action appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, they announced Wednesday.
Fired GSA 18F employees appeal to have jobs reinstated

1 week ago | nextgov.com | David DiMolfetta |Natalie Alms

Former employees of the General Services Administration’s 18F unit, an in-house consultancy that helps agencies with their technology matters, filed an appeal to reinstate their employment after their positions were eliminated in March in a move that entirely wiped out that office. The terminated employees filed a class-action appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, they announced Thursday.
VA-based DOGE associate gets ‘the boot’ after publicly discussing his work

1 week ago | nextgov.com | Natalie Alms

A former associate of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he was removed from DOGE after an interview where he discussed his work was published earlier this month.
Feds cancel unemployment modernization grants for states

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Natalie Alms

The Labor Department is terminating grant funding it gave to states to modernize their unemployment systems after the jobless aid system struggled to respond to the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic. “These grants are being terminated because they no longer effectuate the Department’s priorities for its grant funding,” according to a congressional notification sent Thursday and obtained by Nextgov/FCW, which said that the department would be sending states letters to terminate all grants.
Labor cancels unemployment modernization grants for states

1 week ago | nextgov.com | Natalie Alms

The Labor Department is terminating grant funding it gave to states to modernize their unemployment systems after the jobless aid system struggled to respond to the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic. “These grants are being terminated because they no longer effectuate the Department’s priorities for its grant funding,” according to a congressional notification sent Thursday and obtained by Nextgov/FCW, which said that the department would be sending states letters to terminate all grants.
New SSA chief praises DOGE for ‘making things better’

1 week ago | govexec.com | Natalie Alms

The Social Security Administration’s new commissioner, Frank Bisignano, told managers in a meeting yesterdaythat he represents “consistency” and “stability” for the agency and that the presence of the Department of Government Efficiency at SSA has been a good thing.
More than 2,100 GSA employees have accepted deferred resignations

2 weeks ago | govexec.com | Natalie Alms

Just over 2,100 employees at the General Services Administration have taken the Trump administration up on its deferred resignation offer, according to two current GSA employees. The Trump administration first sent employees the controversial “Fork in the Road” email about a week after the inauguration, offering for them to resign from their jobs but continue to get paid through the end of September.
New SSA chief praises DOGE for ‘making things better’

2 weeks ago | nextgov.com | Natalie Alms

The Social Security Administration’s new commissioner, Frank Bisignano, told managers in a meeting yesterdaythat he represents “consistency” and “stability” for the agency and that the presence of the Department of Government Efficiency at SSA has been a good thing.
More than 2,100 GSA employees have accepted deferred resignations

2 weeks ago | nextgov.com | Natalie Alms

Just over 2,100 employees at the General Services Administration have taken the Trump administration up on its deferred resignation offer, according to two current GSA employees. The Trump administration first sent employees the controversial “Fork in the Road” email about a week after the inauguration, offering for them to resign from their jobs but continue to get paid through the end of September.