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Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules

The Trump administration is looking to tweak the rules for federal employees’ paid administrative leave. Recent proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management would give agencies more leeway to use paid leave, including during workforce reduction efforts. During 2025, agencies used administrative leave to implement the deferred resignation program, paying thousands of employees for several months not to work, in exchange for them agreeing to quit their jobs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  Skills-based federal hiring gets another push from Congress

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  Army replaces height and weight tables for body composition

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  There’s a new leader at NIST

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  Thrift Savings Plan fund see growth in June

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  IRS pauses removal of NTEU materials from the workplace

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  New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline

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  Democratic lawmakers take up the fight against federal NDAs

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  Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act

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  House 2027 defense spending bill heads to the full chamber

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  Military commissaries may open to DoD civilian employees

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  Air Force and Space Force spouses to get help with the job search

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  Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy

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  More National Park Service employees vote to unionize

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  Senate Armed Services Committee releases NDAA details

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  A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve