The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring ...

National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...

Before she had even unpacked her Washington, D.C., apartment after making the move from Alabama, Katie Sandlin became one of ...

Washington – The Defense Department said Friday it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a ...

The Defense Department, which is the largest government agency, says it's reducing its civilian workforce by 5% to 8%.

Some officials estimated that as many as 10 percent of the government’s 2.3 million federal workers may have probationary status. The CDC’s rankings come as the Trump administration seeks to ...

The White House and OPM declined to say Friday how many probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, have so far been dismissed. According to government data maintained by ...

“As a probationary/trial period employee, the agency has the right to immediately terminate you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804,” the EPA email to probationary employees reads. “The process for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency's plans, and cuts could happen as soon as ...