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• Housing finance agency chief moves to slash watchdog’s budget, leading Democrats to demand his resignation

• Federal employees’ health insurance premiums to rise by double digits for third straight year

• GSA memo to set AI-specific acquisition rules

• Tax chief pushes 'AI-first IRS' to get more out of agency's workforce

• TSP funds were back in the negative in September

• Retiring in 2027? Picking the right date could pay off

• Pentagon update on National Defense Strategy cites progress, omits key threats

• EPA union sues management over contract termination

• Trump’s new Education IG nominee continues dizzying run of leadership changes at the watchdog office

• Judge extends temporary pause in USDA relocations as he considers indefinite freeze

• GSA is losing a key digital modernization leader

• White House launches AI-powered ‘America.gov’ digital front door

• Dozens of federal immigration employees stayed in sensitive positions despite security concerns, inspector general reports

• Agencies withheld records needed to verify DOGE data safeguards, GAO says

• ‘Nobody knows anything.’ Displaced IRS staff move from one project to another with few details why

• OpenAI agents accessed Census, SEC data and tried to hack Education website

• SSA’s lead had set a goal of 200M online accounts this year — experts say that might prove challenging

• $25,000 bonuses for top-performing feds? OPM makes it easier for agencies to award them

• Lawmaker warns intelligence contractors' Trump ballroom donations may be scrutinized

• Shutdown mass-layoff policy rescinded as part of settlement with unions

• Following court order, OPM replaces 'favorite EO' question for jobseekers