Many government workers being cut are those with fewer protections. They are relatively new in their current jobs, but often ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is cutting more than 1,400 workers, which will save more than $83 million annually.

The latest cuts focus on roughly 200,000 employees classified as probationary workers, including staffers at the Forest Service and the Energy Department.

aims to prohibit certain changes to the classification of federal employment positions, particularly concerning the transfer of employees between competitive service and excepted service roles.