Federal employees

For years, there have been more federal workers based outside the nation’s capital than in it. That trend picked up during the pandemic.

Federal workers still have to prepare for a potential shutdown weeks in advance in addition to (or instead of) their regular duties. Waiting for a budget also has another price: the erosion of the public's trust in government.

Missing two paychecks led many of them to take on debt to pay bills. Odds are they'll be paying it off for a while.

It was a bittersweet return for one government contractor.

The White House has estimated that the partial government shutdown will reduce economic growth in the U.S. by 0.13 percentage points for every week the government remains closed. Speaking on CNBC yesterday, Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said those effects would be temporary. “We will get it all back,” he said, once […]

The decision could mean a lot less money for unions that represent state and local workers.

The federal hiring freeze may be ending, but there's a big stipulation attached.

It comes despite existing recruitment struggles for government jobs.