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Proposed budget cuts to civilian agencies in fiscal 2018 may mean that the Social Security Administration will have to issue furlough notices to its employees. A union that represents SSA field operations and phone service center employees said the agency's workforce could see five days of furloughs for every 1 percent cut to the Social Security administration budget.
Public-private leasing and compiling a comprehensive database of government facilities are part of a handful of bills aimed at managing federal real property.
Hosts Debra Roth and Nikki Cannon will be joined by Jennifer Preston, of the Knight Foundation, Jon Greenberg, of Politifact and Lindsay Grace, of the American University Game Lab whose team created the game Facticious, a game that challenges users to decide if an article is real news or not. March 10, 2017
Significant cuts to EPA's state programs and workforce have sent agency executives and employees' unions scrambling to get a better understanding of what direction the Trump administration wants to take the department.
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked the federal workforce whether their jobs in the new administration were as bad as some media reports say.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather predictors are using a novel method of optimizing sensory data to help predict evolution of storms. Meteorologist Katie Wilson with the National Severe Storms Laboratory joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the details of the project.
Some advocates of the House Veterans Affairs Committee's new employee accountability bill say it's different enough from previous attempts to tackle this issue and should assuage past concerns. But others fear the legislation revives familiar worries.
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department, says there is no painless way to dramatically shrink an organization.
A recent GAO investigation found that at a number of VHA facilities, lack of knowledge, skill and personnel in the human resources offices is hampering the administration in achieving its medical mission.
Are civil servants as overworked, fearful and distracted as we're told constantly by the media? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know.
Members of the National Treasury Employees Union took to Capitol Hill Thursday morning to rally for support on several issues they fear are under attack in the 115th Congress and Trump administration. NTEU members say they're concerned about receiving fair pay, protecting health and retirement benefits and maintaining their due process rights. They're also worried that President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to civilian agencies could hinder their ability to do their jobs well.
Discharge Review Boards rarely grant veterans personal testimony and are having trouble providing video conferences.
The CPI-E Act would require federal retirement programs to use the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) when calculating cost-of-living adjustments. Currently the CPI used is the one for workers.