The federal agencies that protect the American public from crime, terrorism, cyberattacks and natural disasters have lost career senior leadership at unprecedented rates—while political appointments ...

WASHINGTON – The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to reports that the Trump administration is ...

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On Inauguration Day in 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies to take the radical step of removing long-standing ...

Senate-confirmed officials are departing the second Trump administration at record rates—and with the president making historically few nominations to replace them, more of the government is left in ...

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Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on Aug. 12, 2026, to account for the impact of the fiscal year 2026 government shutdowns on the timing of semiannual report releases and to revise the ...

Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has undertaken the most radical transformation of the federal government in over a half-century, arbitrarily slashing the federal ...

Political appointments have expanded into uncharted territory in the federal government. The second Trump administration has inserted political staff into management offices responsible for budgets, ...

During the second week of the Trump Administration, the Office of Personnel Management offered most federal employees months of paid leave if they agreed to resign. Later that spring, some agencies ...

Our analysis of agency budget justifications reveals how the Trump administration’s 2027 budget proposal aims to cut funding for inspector general offices across government. 04/14/2026 The Trump ...