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Top Biden administration officials promise to rebuild, set new tone with federal workforce

Biden administration officials say they’re striking a new tone with federal employees, and the Office of Personnel Management is ready to reemerge as a…

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President Biden scraps Trump EO on defense workers collective bargaining authority

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Schedule F is gone, but the debate continues in Congress

Workforce

New VA secretary ‘digging in’ on agency’s collective bargaining challenges

Veterans Affairs

Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM

Workforce

Agencies should offer leave to federal employees to get vaccines, new task force says

Workforce

Biden addresses another union priority: Cleaning house at federal impasse panel

Unions

Getting grounded after a transition

Workforce

House Democrats seek expansion of paid leave program for federal employees

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President Joe Biden pauses as he signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Union in ‘holding pattern’ as agencies decide how to rescind Trump executive orders

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President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

UPDATED: Biden repeals Schedule F, overturns Trump workforce policies with new executive order

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telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

NTEU will push agencies for permanent telework arrangements in post-pandemic world

The National Treasury Employees Union said it will push agencies at the bargaining table, as well as the new administration and Congress through legislation…

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In this June 15, 2020, photo, The Voice of America building in Washington. Michael Pack, the head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of its main networks and moving to defund one of the federal government's top democracy promotion initiatives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dozens of VOA reporters calling for director to resign

In today’s Federal Newscast, 26 journalists at Voice of America have demanded that VOA’s director Robert Reilly resign after a reporter was reassigned…

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EEOC cancels source of official time for union reps, but some commissioners say policy won’t stick

Unions

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted along party lines last week to cancel a form of official time union representatives have long used to help their colleagues with certain kinds of discrimination cases, but two of the agency’s commissioners said the policy change won’t stick in the new administration and Congress.

Top Biden administration officials promise to rebuild, set new tone with federal workforce

President Biden scraps Trump EO on defense workers collective bargaining authority

Schedule F is gone, but the debate continues in Congress

New VA secretary ‘digging in’ on agency’s collective bargaining challenges

Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM

Agencies should offer leave to federal employees to get vaccines, new task force says

Biden addresses another union priority: Cleaning house at federal impasse panel

Getting grounded after a transition

House Democrats seek expansion of paid leave program for federal employees

Union in ‘holding pattern’ as agencies decide how to rescind Trump executive orders

UPDATED: Biden repeals Schedule F, overturns Trump workforce policies with new executive order

NTEU will push agencies for permanent telework arrangements in post-pandemic world

Dozens of VOA reporters calling for director to resign

EEOC cancels source of official time for union reps, but some commissioners say policy won’t stick

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