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Agencies and unions should work together to determine if any federal positions are erroneously excluded from bargaining unit eligibility, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management.
The General Services Administration unveiled its Workplace Innovation Lab at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. with five furniture vendors to demonstrate what the office space of the future could look like.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is more than halfway to meeting its hiring goal for health care workers this fiscal year, and ahead of schedule to achieve its workforce goals this fall.
In what has become tradition in recent years, a bicameral pair of Democrats proposed a bill to give most civilian federal employees an 8.7% pay raise in 2024.
Labor shortages and the desires of employees for a more balanced life are opening the door, now more than ever, for fully remote work options. This can potentially lead to a team of multi-state workers.
My inbound mail is bringing a lot of reactions to TSP web site issues and the telework question.
Despite direct investments into remote work, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure, the federal government still faces challenges in recruiting and retaining a qualified IT workforce.
Douglas Glenn is no longer serving as chief financial officer at the Office of Personnel Management, following an IG report with substantiated claims that the top financial official used sexually suggestive and racially insensitive language during his DoD tenure.
The U.S. Postal Service, like many agencies, has to deal with sexual harassment complaints. According to the Postal Inspector General, while USPS handles them fairly well, it lacks data on how extensive the problem might be.
Lawmakers reintroduced the Social Security Fairness Act, aiming to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, as well as the Chance to Compete Act, seeking to revamp the federal hiring process.
The long-awaited "go-live" of (IPPS-A) marks the first time the active Army, the Army National Guard and Army Reserve have used a single system for all of their pay and personnel functions.
The Federal Drive with Tom Temin is getting two points of view on the telework. He spoke with a retired federal sales executive, who made the case for a generalized return to the office and, here, with Mika Cross, a former federal manager who specializes professionally in workplace issues, for a different point of view, championing the need for better collaboration tools for a largely remote or teleworking workforce.
When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged the federal government to either occupy its space or clear out, she touched a nerve. Debate over whether people should mostly be in the office or telework often centers on one issue: Which is better for collaboration and team cohesion?
To help workforces deal with life's challenges, Employee Assistance Programs leveraged pandemic-driven technologies to help improve the services they offer.