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• GAO says TSA should do better in how it manages its covert testing program

  GAO’s Charles Johnson joined Federal Drive to explain why his agency found TSA could be doing a better job in how it manages its covert testing program.

  Federal Drive
  July 17, 2019
• Agencies are looking to sure up their customer service but hurdles remain

  Professor Bob Tobias joined Federal Drive to explain how agencies can improve their customer service but it better services starts in-house.

  Federal Drive
  July 17, 2019
• Appeals court allows Trump EOs on labor relations to go into effect. What happens next?

  Jeff Neal argues that executive orders against collective bargaining and flip-flopping FLRA majorities are not the way to make fundamental changes in civil service policy.

  Commentary
  July 17, 2019
• Esper vows to fill other Pentagon vacancies if confirmed as Defense Secretary

  In today’s Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.

  Federal Newscast
  July 17, 2019
• The TSP stock funds and the coming bear market

  The current bull market is more than a decade old and is long overdue for a major correction. Financial planner Arthur Stein has plenty of federal clients and offered his thoughts.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  July 17, 2019
• ‘Challenging’ road ahead for efforts to block collective bargaining rollback

  Federal employee unions, democrats refocus their attention on getting the Senate to agree on provisions in FY 2020 bills to block rollbacks on collective bargaining, official time for feds.

  Workforce Rights/Governance
  July 16, 2019
• Interior details plans to relocate BLM employees to Colorado, other states

  Though the Interior Department announced plans to relocate its headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction, Colorado, more BLM employees will move to a variety of other locations across the country.

  Workforce
  July 16, 2019
• Court reverses decision on Trump’s workforce executive orders, defying unions’ legal challenge

  A federal judge invalidated nine provisions of the President’s workforce executive orders in a ruling last August. But the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned that decision Tuesday.

  Unions
  July 16, 2019
• OPM IT outage sparks Trump administration’s efforts to again make case for GSA merger

  The Office of Personnel Management said an IT outage impacted significant programs and mission for multiple hours last week. But a government source said the incident has been dramatized to make the case for the proposed OPM-GSA merger.

  OPM Reorganization
  July 16, 2019
• Making sense of Congress’, White House’s different Space Force proposals

  It’s easy to get confused about the different proposals for space, but Kaitlyn Johnson at the Center for Strategic and International Studies tried to sort it out.

  Federal Drive
  July 16, 2019
• New location for BLM headquarters announced

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Bureau of Land Management is setting up new headquarters out west.

  Federal Newscast
  July 16, 2019
• Paid family leave or low-yield nukes?

  Tom Temin argues it’s not the idea that’s problematic — it’s the way Congress presents it.

  Tom Temin Commentary
  July 16, 2019
• Shave — maybe slash — your 2020 health premiums, consider plan B

  Even though Federal Employees Health Benefits Program health premiums are likely to go up next year, Uncle Sam will continue to pay the lion’s share of the total premium.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  July 16, 2019
• Trump administration sets new expectations for employee awards, performance evaluations

  Agencies will develop specific workforce fund plans for the 2021 budget passback, which should detail how they’ll reward employees who have in-demand skills or have made special contributions to their agencies.

  Workforce
  July 15, 2019

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