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Drew Friedman

Drew Friedman is Federal News Network’s reporter covering workforce, pay and benefits. She previously worked as a producer for the program Government Matters at WJLA-TV, covering the business of the federal government. Drew graduated from the University of Virginia in 2018 with a B.A. in media studies.

FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what qualifies as reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act under a two-year consent decree with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Higher federal workforce diversity is often concentrated in lower pay grades

Workforce

FILE - Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif., July 8, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Why some FEHB participants should take another look at Medicare Part D

Benefits

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

With low staffing and high workloads, EPA’s large budget proposal is a ‘catch-up game,’ administrator says

Workforce

Labor leaders urge Biden administration to investigate systemic racial inequity at large federal contractor

Unions

If agencies let cyber employees temporarily leave their jobs, will it keep them on staff longer?

Workforce

Biden

White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

Unions

Ahuja plans to fix OPM programs under the microscope of the House Oversight Committee

OPM Reorganization

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

House lawmakers pressure OPM’s Ahuja on telework, FEHB, hiring reform and more

Workforce