NEWPORT NEWS, VA — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Shipbuilders transferred the submarine from a construction facility to the floating dry dock, where it was launched and moved by tugboats to a submarine pier…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that its disability benefits compensation claims backlog is under 200,000 for the first time since March 5, 2023. A VA claim is considered backlogged once it has been pending for more than 125 days. Since President Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20, the backlog has dropped from 264,717…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said internal data shows a massive spike in applications to join the United States Secret Service (USSS). From January 20, 2025, to May 1, 2025, USSS received over 22,000 applications to join its ranks. This is a 200% increase over the same period from 2024, where only…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal job cuts just keep on coming. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic restructuring in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.” The restructuring will address this and serve multiple goals without impacting critical services. First,…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced its plans for an agency-wide reorganization with a 43% reduction in its workforce. The agency says it is returning to its founding mission of empowering small businesses, and to restore accountability to taxpayers – ending the expansive social policy agenda of the prior Administration, eliminating non-essential roles, and…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will finish the nationwide rollout of its Hearing Recording and Transcriptions (HeaRT) system this month. The HeaRT system replaces an antiquated and bulky hardware system in each hearing office with a software only solution that records and produces transcripts for each case at the hearings level to ensure…
The Education Department has begun a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce. Impacted Department staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21st. President Trump and Republicans are looking to shut down the Department of Education entirely. “Today’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to…
The Social Security Administration plans to reduce the size of its workforce and organizational structure, with a significant focus on functions and employees who do not directly provide mission critical services. Social Security recently set a staffing target of 50,000, down from the current level of approximately 57,000 employees. Rumor of a 50 percent reduction…
While the federal government is experiencing big cutbacks from the Trump administration, one area where hiring is urgently needed is for air traffic controllers at the nation’s airports. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a new plan to supercharge the hiring of air traffic controllers during a visit to Oklahoma City. This announcement followed a…
The Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million people who receive a pension…