IG nominee Thomas March Bell also wrote that he would provide information to support the President’s and secretary’s "courageous and innovative" changes at HHS.

"They're stripping due process significantly and making it easier for arbitrary terminations, similar to private sector employment at will," Sean Timmons said.

With a total of 25 field offices around the country, the reassignments amount to turnover of about half or more of the agency's top staffers.

Some passport services employees have approached management with a request to “self-furlough,” so they can find paying work during the shutdown.

Many of those affected have been enrolled in a NALC plan for years and may feel out of practice when it comes to comparing and selecting a new plan.

"You always start with the people, having good members within your team that are always thinking ahead," Alexander Granados said.

"One of the big issues is sort of ongoing funding and staffing capacity to ensure that [FEMA] is prepared," Daniel Bresette said.

So the Unified Agenda is a publication that the administration will issue twice a year, ostensibly in the spring and in the fall, and it outlines ...

The court's preliminary injunction will block the Trump administration from issuing any more RIF notices and implementing RIF notices that have been issued.

"We're hacking the complexity of the defense acquisition system so America's technologists can focus on solving technology problems," said Keoki Jackson.

The EPA’s work to identify vulnerabilities in the water sector will be a critical piece of its efforts as the risk management agency for water utilities.

The administration’s newest emergency appeal was filed Monday, weeks after a federal appeals court held that the official could not be unilaterally fired.