Scoop: Thousands of fired federal probationary workers have complaints rejected

Catch up quick: Thousands of fired probationary workers filed complaints about their termination with the OSC, a federal office whose role includes investigating "prohibited personnel practices" in the federal workforce.

• They were a subset of the tens of thousands who were fired across the government. Those terminations are the subject of multiple lawsuits.
• OSC is, for now, being led by Jamieson Greer, who is also the Trump administration's U.S. Trade Representative. (The prior head, Hampton Delinger, was fired by Trump in February, and eventually lost a court challenge to his dismissal.)

What they're saying: "This is a devastating letdown to the civil service and to the principle that government should serve the public, not political interests," said Rob Shriver, managing director of Democracy Forward's Civil Service Strong initiative, in a statement.

• The group has been actively litigating against the various federal worker terminations since Trump took office.

What to watch: The workers whose cases were dismissed by OSC could still potentially bring their complaints before another federal agency, like the Merit Systems Protection Board.

• The White House has been re-making that panel as well.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement on the OSC action.