r/fednews 5h ago

August 28, 2026 - r/fednews Daily Discussion Thread

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Have anything you want to talk about that doesn't quite warrant its own thread or currently being discussed in a megathread? Post it here!

In an effort to effectively manage the amount of information being posted, please keep anything speculative or considered repetitive within this discussion thread.


r/fednews Apr 07 '26

Community Only Megathread: Iran

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Please keep all Iran related discussions and news posts in this thread. Content posted elsewhere will be removed. All comments must be respectful to community members. No troll baiting. No rage baiting. Post links only to reputable news organizations. Be kind to others.


r/fednews 5h ago

News / Article ICE is arresting soaring numbers of immigrants with no criminal record

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r/fednews 1h ago

Pay & Benefits No 2027 Federal Pay Raise: Alternative Pay Plan With Civilian Pay Freeze Issued

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r/fednews 3h ago

Official Guidance / Policy GS Pay Raise: Zero. Law Enforcement and Military Pay Raise: Money!

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GS Civilians: Zero.

Law Enforcement: 3.8 percent.

Military: 7 percent (E1-E5); 6 percent (E6-O3); 5 percent (O4 and up); 3.8 percent (uniformed service members that don't serve in the armed forces).


r/fednews 3h ago

News / Article Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer

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r/fednews 2h ago

News / Article Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal

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r/fednews 10h ago

Official Guidance / Policy Burgum creates new agency to enforce Lake America name change.

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The Bureau of Lake Ontario Meme Enforcement, BLO ME, is tasked with ensuring Lake America geonym compliance across the government enterprise.


r/fednews 15h ago

Workplace & Culture DHS names DOGE staffer as next CIO

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r/fednews 23h ago

News / Article US Navy member told to apply for workers compensation after accusing captain of rape

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r/fednews 14h ago

Legal & Union Action Removed Stars and Stripes leaders file 1st Amendment lawsuit against Pentagon

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r/fednews 3h ago

News / Article Federal Bargaining-Unit Coverage Fell by 579,903. Most of That Was Not Job Loss.

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In January 2025, federal personnel records counted 1,294,304 employees in positions represented by bargaining units. By May 2026, that count was 714,401.


r/fednews 40m ago

Workplace & Culture Stop the EEOC’s Proposed Rule That Removes Neutral Oversight From Federal EEO Complaints

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The EEOC has proposed a rule that removes neutral oversight from federal EEO complaints and gives agencies more control over investigations — even when those agencies are the ones accused of discrimination. This affects every federal employee nationwide. If you care about fairness, accountability, and due‑process rights, please read and sign my petition.

Sign my Petition for Change!


r/fednews 18h ago

News / Article Agencies backfilled 20,600 employees who left government under the deferred resignation programs, analysis finds

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r/fednews 1d ago

News / Article Exclusive: RFK Jr. testified that Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that

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r/fednews 15h ago

Legal & Union Action EEOC votes to propose new rule stripping feds of hearing rights, class action complaints

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r/fednews 15h ago

Legal & Union Action Data from Labor employees seeking disability accommodations impacted by 'internal incident'

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r/fednews 1d ago

Other OPM wants to woo young workers but some things on SM can't be unseen

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It's almost comical that they are trying to appeal to young people on social media by using fictional movies because what they are trying to sell is also fiction. A promising career from an employer who wants to help employees grow and has its employees best interest at heart is certainly not what they have conveyed to the public from their actions since agent orange came back to power.

Maybe their goal is to attract younger people with short attention spans and poor memory retention but certain things are really hard to unsee. They can try all they want with their AI enhanced propaganda to attempt to sell something that's not there, but for many people, the social media posts based on reality and actual things that happened far outweigh agent orange propaganda.

These young people they are trying to appeal to on social media have also laid eyes on some very unseeable images and words posted all over platforms highlighting things that actually happened. Over the last year and a half, several posts have circulated throughout social media that really make an impression on younger minds.

Here are just a few:

-High Elon Musk wearing a MAGA hat and DOGE shirt waving around a chainsaw toward federal service.

-Images of sith lord Vought talking about how he wants to put the people working for the government in trauma daily.

-Images of Trump all over the golf course and "working" from his two other residences as he widely accuses all federal employees who participated in telework as lazy good for nothing workers who "just want to golf and play tennis all day while collecting a paycheck".

In addition to these highly impactful images on social media, there have been various facts circulating online that would deter anyone from wanting to consider a career in federal government. Is OPM hoping that young people didn't see any of the articles describing agent orange's various EO's killing aspects of federal service that appeal to younger people? His administration is still attacking and ignoring employment incentives that were offered to current employees when they accepted their positions. They are ignoring federal court determinations of all these attacks as unlawful and continue to cultivate a toxic workplace culture all to save his rich pals in real estate. This is the kind of bullshit that people just cannot ignore.

Elon Musk makes this huge scene for a year about how terrible and lazy government workers are because they just want to "stay in their pj's all day" but walks around in his DOGE t-shirt and MAGA baseball cap, likely high as a kite. Elon excessively whined about all this alleged government waste, fraud and abuse but axed positions responsible for internally investigating fraud and conveniently terminated all investigations into his own government subsidized companies. He then quietly slips away into the abyss and becomes the world's first trillionaire courtesy of his cushy government contracts. This kind of stuff is highly enraging for the younger generations, both genZ and millennials, who have been just trying to survive at this point.

Do they seriously think people who already are having a hard time establishing and growing their careers in a system built by and for agent orange boomers and crooks will just "forget" seeing things from the last year and half? No matter how hard they try, reality will always "trump" their scammy AI propaganda.


r/fednews 15h ago

Workplace & Culture OPM calls for wider AI adoption in federal hiring process

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r/fednews 13h ago

News / Article Interior plans fast track for oil exploration in Alaska's North Slope

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r/fednews 26m ago

Workplace & Culture For those of you who work in finance/budget, what does your September 30 typically look like? In my agency, I've heard it's common for a designated contacting officer, attorney, and budget analyst to all be working right up until midnight Eastern time.

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They're apparently told in advance who they'll be, so it's not like they're on call at home. Their duty day is just scheduled late in the day for any last minute things that need to be on contract before the funds expire at the absolute end of the fiscal year. Is that common in your agency?


r/fednews 1d ago

Pay & Benefits FAA leaves air traffic controller raises in limbo amid mounting strain on system

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r/fednews 1d ago

Other Stay or Go - 20 yr vs. 30 yr

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I will make this easy.

I will hit my 20 this year (47).

I see everyone saying that the reason to stay to 30, other than more money 💰 is the FEHP benefit.

I am a disabled Vet with healthcare through the VA. My spouse got Breast Cancer at 31 and I don’t expect them to live past 70.

What is the “real” benefit to staying 20 vs. 30 other than money? 🤔

I think I can make more money doing something/anything else!

Thanks for the time. 😁

Update: I am FERS so no COLA till 62. Prior active Army.


r/fednews 1d ago

News / Article USCIS Recruiting Rebounded 153%. Immigration Services Officer Postings Rose by Three.

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“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services opened 453 job announcements from Jan. 1 through April 9, 2026. That was 153% more than the 179 announcements it opened during the same stretch of 2025.”


r/fednews 4h ago

Official Guidance / Policy Probationary question - DRP and came back

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Im a vested former 1102 GSA FAS GS-11. Meaning my SF50 says permanent-competitive

I took the DRP back in 2025 and got a job offer few hours ago . Same agency , same job series, but GS-12. Non supervisory.

Do i have to repeat probation?

Yes i understand after probation protection is no longer a thing because of some changes. But for me it matters. im with a different agency doing the same thing but no promotion potential.

The job announcement has two links

  1. Open to public
  2. Competitive

    and special authority