Travelers are screened at a security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Friday, March 27, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
U.S. Army Cpt. Webb, from the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, reenlists on Fort Bragg, NC, April 4, 2025. Webb reenlisted for another terms in front of his family and fellow officers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cole Paulson)
Marking one year since a major State Department RIF, former federal employees warned the loss of expertise has harmed national security and global stability.
One year after sweeping layoffs, the State Department is hiring again for many of the same roles, leaving former employees questioning the agency's strategy.
The House Dems' report argues the deployments threaten public trust in FEMA and further weaken an agency already flagging from thousands of staff cuts.
"The real power here is to have the different inputs to kind of form that overall estimate of where somebody is on a given competency," said Julia Brown.
In this Dec. 3, 2015, photo, Vermont National Guard Spc. Skylar Anderson, the first female in the Army to qualify as a combat engineer, poses at Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vt. Anderson said she didn't know when she started the training course to become a combat engineer that she would be the first female to graduate. The military has opened up a number of combat jobs to women that were once reserved for men only. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
Space Systems Command plans to hire 100 civilians a month as it rebuilds after 2025 workforce cuts, with contracting and cybersecurity among its top priorities.
The Secret Service says it's taking steps to address understaffing and "inadequate planning," including through a new workforce management application.
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
A CDC employee said the agency is reeling from deep workforce cuts and “running on fumes.” It lost thousands of employees last year, and has hired hundreds.
FILE - A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
"It was a psychological hit, but it also was compounded by moral injury, by this sense of one's deeply held moral code being violated," said Jamie Oberlander.
Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers show their support to USAID workers retrieving their personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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