WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to make it easier to discipline—and potentially fire—career officials in senior positions across the government, a move that would affect roughly 50,000 federal workers. The U.S. Office of Personnel ...

A group of technologists, practitioners and public servants with extensive government experience is prepping day-one plans for the next administration meant to push the government into a new age instead of returning to a pre-Trump status quo. The effort ...

WIRED spoke with workers across seven government agencies—from the IRS to HUD—about how their work has been contorted to support ICE and other immigration efforts. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) received an unprecedented amount of funding ...

The Ministry of Personnel Management is pushing forward with plans to enact the ‘Basic Act on Active Administration (tentative name)’ to allow public officials to flexibly interpret and apply laws from the people’s perspective or pursue creative ideas.

In the months leading up to the 2024 election, Elon Musk honed his pitch for a Department of Government Efficiency. The DOGE acronym was no accident. Musk was taken in by the tremendous success of the Dogecoin, the virtual currency that began as a joke ...