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The Army fired 121 soldiers between January and June 2016, a sharp decline compared to the last half of 2015, when the Army released nearly 500 soldiers from its ranks.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, says agencies need to shift in a post-OPM data breach world to a new cybersecurity model.
The Office of Personnel Management is expected to launch the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) on Oct. 1 with eight new functions.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
Several good government and oversight organizations, along with eight individual whistleblowers, wrote to House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) in support of the whistleblower protections included in the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act. But they had some tough criticism for the changes the bill would make to due process rights for VA executives.
From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Nye, a number of famous people have worked for the U.S. Postal Service since its inception.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
In the wake of two troubling reports on the work practices of patent examiners, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Michelle Lee defended her agency’s policies and practices before the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet.
Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal says OPM has done more than just put lipstick on a pig with its USAjobs renovation.
The Veterans Affairs Department paid roughly $5 million to some employees to settle disciplinary actions, according to House VA Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.). VA made 208 settlement agreements with employees between July 2014 and the present. The department used monetary payouts to settle 72 percent of those cases.
You might not want to sample cookies before they come out of the oven. But when it comes to hiring soon-to-be college graduates, you might not want to wait until they get their diplomas to begin the dialog. By then the best ones might already be taken. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, shares more on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera collected from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
The House is moving forward on a bill that would shorten the time in which Veterans Affairs employees and senior executives could appeal disciplinary actions and removals. The VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016 also includes provisions that would change the veterans' appeals process, but the bill is drawing ire from the Obama administration, House Democrats and federal employee groups.
Retirement-eligible federal employees are largely split over whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact their decisions to retire. An exclusive Federal News Radio survey found roughly 35 percent of respondents say the transition won't play a role in their decisions, but 18 percent say they're not sure.