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• USDA’s request to lift stay on employee relocations denied by federal judge 

• Justice Department creates new task force to police AI misuse

• At HHS’s mental health agency, a suicide deepens anguish among workforce 

• Make these health coverage decisions before you retire

• These award-winning feds want to advance science for the public good — and challenge stereotypes about government work

• Here’s how the Trump administration may face pushback from a Democrat-controlled Congress 

• A Democratic Congress could derail major Pentagon plans and put Hegseth under pressure

• Post-midterms, federal unions push for pay raise, restoration of bargaining rights

• GSA names new acquisition chief after months with acting leader

• IRS workforce issues prominent among watchdog’s FY27 priorities 

• Trump’s federal workforce overhaul faces a new Congress after Democratic wins

• OPM formally ends FEVS in favor of agency-specific surveys

• ‘Exit survey’ of former feds finds fears of civil service politicization under Trump — and many willing to return to their agencies

• USDA asks judge to lift employee relocation stay that ‘significantly hinders’ its operations

• Companies warn cyber threat sharing could suffer without new legal protections

• Most TSP funds decline again in October

• Musk is the target of a new Democratic bill to curtail political donations from federal contractors

• VA physicians’ and dentists’ association urges pause in new health record system rollouts

• Trump’s AI chatbot conversations may have to be preserved as presidential records

• State Department seeks mid-career hires to join its ranks after widespread layoffs

• Ex-government tech leaders pitch new vision for America.gov

• The census shows what government does well — and what political interference could break, author argues

• OPM is ending a promotion rule, but agencies still have work to do

• More Medicare questions? Here’s what federal retirees need to know