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A Federal judge has blocked an executive order from the Trump administration last month that direct Federal agencies to cease collective bargaining with Federal employee labor unions.  […]

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against the White House-directed group and some Trump administration officials on April 23 alleging violations of Federal record keeping and transparency rules.   […]

A Federal court judge in Maryland handed down a decision on April 17 that restricts the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ability to access some types of citizen data held by the Social Security Administration (SSA), while a second judge in Washington, D.C., on April 16 cleared the way for plaintiffs to pursue action against DOGE and its work at several Federal agencies.    […]

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Two Federal officials with key roles in battling back against the Trump administration’s campaign to slash the Federal government workforce have been reinstated – at least for now – to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the National Labor Relations Board.   […]

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) scored a temporary win last week, with a Federal appeals court sparing them from revealing their spending-cut plans and authority – at least for now. […]

A Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ sensitive data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Thursday. […]

A Federal judge in Baltimore is set to consider whether to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to personal data of and about millions of Americans that is held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). […]

A Federal judge in San Francisco issued an order from the bench today demanding the reinstatement of all probationary employees who were fired at six Federal agencies based on directives from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]

In a decision late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to release records and answer questions about the scope of their authority and their plans to reduce Federal spending. […]

A Federal judge on March 6 clarified his decision about a temporary restraining order against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) based on its directives to fire probationary employees across several Federal agencies. […]

A Federal district court judge in Rhode Island ruled today to approve a preliminary injunction that blocks the Trump administration from pursuing a freeze on trillions of dollars of congressionally approved grant and loan funding.    […]

Union leaders and Democratic members of Congress are hailing a Federal court judge’s decision issued late Thursday to uphold a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its orchestration of Federal agency firings of their probationary employees – and language in the decision that finds OPM’s actions were likely unlawful. […]

A Federal court judge on Feb. 20 blocked a request from five Federal employee unions for a temporary restraining order (TRO) challenging the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force executive orders and “deferred resignation” program. […]

A Federal judge issued a ruling late Friday that allows Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to continue accessing sensitive data at the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. […]

The Trump administration is continuing to battle in court to preserve its Federal grant and loan funding freeze, requesting that a U.S. appeals court stay pending appeal a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by a Federal district court that halted the freeze effort last week.   […]

A group of Democratic state attorneys general is asking a Federal district court judge in Rhode Island to fully enforce the court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) issued on Jan. 31 that blocked President Trump’s attempted freeze of most Federal grant and loan funding.   […]

A Federal court judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Jan. 31 that blocks the Trump administration and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from freezing payments of trillions of dollars from government grant and loan programs – at least as it regards the 22 states and the District of Columbia that petitioned the court to do so.   […]

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General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $298 million blanket purchase agreement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office (CMSO). […]

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) was breached by Russia-backed actors through the use of SolarWinds software, with “highly sensitive” documents – including sealed filings – put at risk, the organization said. […]

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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on behalf of five Federal employees who seek to earn hazardous pay bumps of 25 percent due to exposure to the coronavirus while on the job. […]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) recently launched the Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge 2, which encourages solvers to develop innovative methods for utilizing crowdsourced information to create global issue forecasts. […]

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