Jory Heckman

Congressional appropriators are seeking less aggressive budget cuts for the IRS than what the Trump administration has proposed. Members of the House and Senate appropriations committees, in the latest package of spending bills for fiscal 2026, are also r... See more

The Social Security Administration is rolling out nationwide systems in the coming months that will impact how the agency schedules appointments for initial claims and triages its workload to employees. SSA employees told Federal News Network that they’re... See more

A group of fired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees is getting their jobs back — for the second time — and will receive nine months of back pay. Last month, NOAA sent an email to several fired employees, informing them that their Ap... See more

The IRS is weeks away from the start of a busier-than-usual filing season. But a group of senators is warning that the agency may be stretched too thin after losing more than a quarter of its employees. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Sen... See more

Congressional appropriators are rejecting some of the most severe agency budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration, and are looking to put additional guardrails on unilateral agency reorganizations that could further shrink the federal workforce. A... See more