A new executive order introduces Civil Service Rule XI, aimed at strengthening the use of probationary and trial periods to assess the fitness of newly hired Federal employees before their ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening probationary periods for federal employees, eyeing greater accountability and efficiency within the federal workforce.

In recent months, the federal government has fired tens of thousands of probationary employees. According to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, ...