https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/va-disability-claims-ai-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-24T11:59:00.000Z VA Is Exploring AI for Disability Claims. It Has 2,950 Fewer Claims Examiners. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/epa-ira-grant-oversight-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-24T11:06:00.000Z EPA Has $10.2 Billion in IRA Awards to Oversee. Its Workforce Is 26% Smaller. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/federal-student-aid-workforce-loan-oversight-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-24T10:34:00.000Z Federal Student Aid Lost 46% of Its Workforce. Two Loan-Servicer Checks Stopped. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/bls-jobs-report-revisions-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-24T09:52:00.000Z Payroll Estimates Were Revised Down. BLS's Workforce Is 20% Smaller Than in 2024. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/federal-hiring-time-to-hire-80-day-goal-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T15:41:00.000Z Federal Hiring Averaged 101 Days. The New 80-Day Goal Stops at the Initial Offer. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/nnsa-nuclear-science-facilities-workforce-plan-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T15:20:00.000Z NNSA Has 46 Nuclear-Science Facility Investments. Its Workforce Plan Is Not Finished. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/chips-program-office-workforce-oversight-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T14:31:08.895Z Commerce Has 49 CHIPS Projects to Monitor. Its Program Office Lost More Than Half Its Staff. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/passport-workforce-processing-capacity-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T13:50:00.000Z Passport Waits Fell. State's Plan for the Next Surge Is Still Unfinished. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/secret-service-staffing-training-after-2024 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T13:00:35.035Z The Secret Service Added 451 Employees. GAO Still Wants Proof Its Agents Can Train Enough. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/forest-service-timber-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T12:20:00.000Z The Forest Service Set a 4-Billion-Board-Foot Timber Goal. Key Staff Fell 22%. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/faa-aviation-meteorologist-staffing-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T11:32:00.000Z FAA's Aviation-Weather Network Was Designed for 90 Meteorologists. Staffing Fell to 69. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/dod-facility-maintenance-backlog-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T10:39:31.415Z DOD Has a $285 Billion Maintenance Backlog. Its Facilities Workforce Is Shrinking. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/nasa-contractor-dependence-technical-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T09:57:04.878Z NASA Cut Its Civil-Service Workforce 22%. Now It Wants Core Technical Work Back In-House. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/census-workforce-2030-test-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T09:23:00.000Z The 2030 Census Test Cut Its Hiring Goal 91%. Its Workforce Assessment Is Paused. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/ice-applications-onboard-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T08:50:00.000Z ICE Got 150,000 Applications. Its Workforce Grew by About 9,600 at the Peak. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/uscis-pending-caseload-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-23T08:00:00.000Z USCIS Had 12.1 Million Cases Pending. Its Formal Backlog Was 7 Million.