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. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/space-force-personnel-shortfall-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:37:00.000Z Space Force Filled 75% of Its Documented Need. Now It Says Personnel Must Double. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/dod-security-cooperation-104-billion-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:36:00.000Z DOD Identified 19,379 Security-Cooperation Positions. It Still Lacks an Integrated Personnel System. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/army-depot-workforce-contractors-tanks-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:35:00.000Z Two Army Depots Lost 785 Government Workers as Repair Work Became Harder to Plan https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/air-force-depot-delays-pay-gap-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:34:00.000Z Air Force Depots Filled 90% of Positions. One Delay Metric Reached 73%. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/immigration-court-judge-hiring-backlog-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:33:00.000Z Immigration Courts Hired 192 Judges. New Cases Fell Even Faster. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/cbp-northern-border-staffing-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:32:00.000Z CBP Added 206 Northern Agent Positions. The Number of Agents Fell by 125. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/fda-inspection-workforce-capacity-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:31:00.000Z FDA Hired 105 Drug Investigators and Lost 105. Inspections Stayed 36% Below 2019. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/indian-health-service-largest-hiring-effort-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:30:00.000Z IHS Launched Its Largest Hiring Push. Its Covered Workforce Fell 458 by June. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/uspto-patent-examiner-backlog-hiring-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:29:00.000Z USPTO's Patent Queue Fell 9%. Total Pendency Rose to 29 Months. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/osha-inspector-workforce-84000-workers-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:28:00.000Z The OSHA System Had 48,000 Workers per Inspector in 1989. The 2026 Estimate Is 84,000. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/federal-grants-1-2-trillion-workforce-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:27:00.000Z The Government Can Count $1.2 Trillion in Grants. It Still Cannot Count the Workforce Managing Them. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/federal-contracting-1102-workforce-spending-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-22T08:26:00.000Z Real Contract Spending Rose 99% Since 2000. The GS-1102 Workforce Rose 50%. https://www.federalhiringdata.com/articles/strategic-petroleum-reserve-1982-low-energy-security-2026 Federal Hiring Data en 2026-08-21T15:54:44.487Z The SPR Fell to a 1982 Low. Its 293 Million Barrels Are Not the Whole Story.