Federal Report
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Crazy question for the career federal workforce in this crazy year. Please consider it carefully. And the question is this: can you afford a pay raise this year?
November 16, 2020 -
Senate Republicans included a federal pay freeze for civilian employees in their 2021 appropriations bills. So where do things stand now?
November 16, 2020 -
Yeah, things will change, but you'll still work in the same old bureaucracy.
November 13, 2020 -
Don't sit on your hands this open season. Spend a little time going through your options. It could really, really pay off. And we are here to help.
November 12, 2020 -
Do a little bit of shopping this year. It can give you great peace of mind if you know you’ve done the best you can before you get hit with a worst case scenario.
November 11, 2020 -
During the Open Season period, what is required from you is a little time and effort. Shop a little, save a lot. Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you a series of columns on best buys for you.
November 10, 2020 -
When the dust has settled, good government groups and employee organizations say the next administration faces a talent and leadership crisis in the federal workforce.
November 09, 2020 -
The election fiasco you can't fix, so its best to concentrate on the day-to-day work of the people
November 06, 2020 -
Federal unions, many good government groups and much of the media have attacked President Trump's proposal to make it easy to fire hundreds --if not thousands--of career feds now protected by civil service rules.
November 05, 2020 -
There’s nothing like a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic to focus one’s thinking. This year has been one for the the books.
November 04, 2020 -
Depending on how things go, career federal workers will have either a couple of days at most — or maybe at least the next four years — to worry about possible changes in their job security.
November 03, 2020 -
Agencies practically went from zero to 100 on telework this spring. So what's next for the future of remote work?
November 02, 2020 -
Politics are ugly these days but Federal Drive anchor Tom Temin thinks on the whole, the public are better than our politicians.
October 30, 2020 -
Telework is the norm now. And it's hitting different people in different ways. Readers wrote in to tell us how their experience has been so far. Here's what they had to say.
October 29, 2020 -
If you knew for sure whether President Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden would be elected -- how would that knowledge change your investment strategy?
October 28, 2020