Jide Adebowale navigated a challenging job market after leaving his federal job in 2025. He ultimately found a tech role in Northern Virginia.

The federal government civilian headcount got slashed by 162,000 in October and by 172,000 over the three months of September, October, and November. Since January, the federal government has slashed ...

Federal News Network's analysis of federal workforce data reveals the agencies that had the steepest employee separations, whether voluntary or involuntary.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government's plan to shrink its workforce is a major preoccupation in Ottawa and Gatineau, given how many people in ...

This year has been tough for many who work for the government as President Donald Trump kept his pledge to shrink the federal workforce. Just before Election Day 2024, the federal workforce employed ...

The job losses at the federal government and at state governments have hit nonfarm employment all year, and hard. State governments shed 45,000 jobs in 2025, including another 7,000 in December, after ...

A host of departments issued "workforce adjustment notices" to thousands of employees in the third week of January.