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#federal-employment

This DC punk classic- recently renamed "Swann Street" after its original title, "Swann Street," proved problematic-is where John Davis got the title for his new book about punk fanzines in the District. Davis, the former drummer for Q and Not U and a curator of the University of Maryland's punk collection, will discuss his new book with Ian MacKaye at Politics and Prose this evening.

In August, California had 248,000 federal government jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers that Beacon Economics derived from monthly jobs reports released by the state Employment Development Department. During that same month, the Bay Area had 41,000 federal jobs, Beacon estimates show. August is the most recent month for which nonfarm payroll figures are available for the Bay Area and California.

The Supreme Court in April already overturned a district judge's injunction that prevented the firings of employees in their probationary periods, but the order has not yet been formally revoked. Following the high court's ruling, the district judge in California demanded federal agencies send letters to impacted workers notifying them that their dismissals were part of an effort to shrink government and not due to their individual performances.

The Supreme Court's shadow docket decision in McMahon v New York enables the Trump administration to proceed with abolishing the Education Department and firing 1,400 employees.

Most agencies reported analyzing how remote work affected their ability to recruit and retain staff and found offering it likely had positive effects.

According to the report, DOGE-related efforts remain the leading reason given for job cut announcements this year.

The increase of job openings to nearly 7.4 million in April exceeded expectations, reflecting a cautious labor market as companies retain employees while awaiting Trump-era policy impacts.

We're looking to have AI agents perform tasks currently handled by tens of thousands of federal workers, potentially automating many roles in the government.

The proposed regulations would revive Schedule F, allowing 50,000 federal workers to be stripped of civil service protections, making them at-will employees.