"We ask that you gather your personal belongings and exit the premises by 3 p.m. ET as well," an official on the call said.

Employees’ physical and IT system access was deactivated at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. On-site staff were also asked to quickly ...

The Office of Personnel Management is advising all federal agencies to fire their probationary employees after it stopped accepting new offers for its “deferred resignation” program last night.

As the Trump administration carries out mass firings of the federal workforce in a push to slash government spending, its ...

OPM has given agencies until midday on Wednesday to send in a list of employees on probation and make the case to keep them.

Approximately 100 probationary staff members at the Office of Personnel Management were abruptly fired in a conference call, ...

The Trump administration is intensifying its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil servic ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.

Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders across the government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period, which can last up to two ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has advised agencies against automatically dismissing all probationary federal ...

The email noted employees’ rights as probationers and provided a fact sheet on probationary firings. A source familiar with the inner workings of OPM speculated three possible reasons the agency ...

which in a Jan. 20 memo ordered federal agencies to identify all employees in probationary periods and send their names to the Office of Personnel Management by Jan. 24. Federal officials estimate ...