Workforce Rights/Governance

OPM finalizes removal of several Trump-era federal workforce policies

New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management will officially repeal several workforce policies that the Trump administration finalized in 2020.

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Feds who work during government shutdowns aren’t entitled to damages, appeals court rules

Workforce

A few Hatch Act takeaways for federal employees this election season

Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021. Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection. Saturday, June 25, 2022 announcement comes just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

For contractors, the wait-and-see mode for the vaccine mandate keeps rollin’ along

Contracting

The Pentagon inspector general evaluates a 10-year military diversity effort

Agency Oversight

NASA.gov

Case alleging racial discrimination in NASA’s employee evaluations set to move forward

Workforce

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Survey: Return to the office part 2

Workforce

Now that it has a quorum, a progress report from the Merit Systems Protection Board

Workforce Rights/Governance

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

Do arbitrators go easy on federal employees who challenge being fired?

Unions

In this image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, federal agents from Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General engage in search warrant operations at a laboratory in Atlanta. More than 35 individuals associated with telemedicine companies and cancer genetic testing laboratories were charged for actions related to fraudulent genetic testing. The Justice Department announced charges on May 26, 2021, against more than a dozen people from Florida to California in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims. (Department of Health and Human Services via AP)

The IG community is taking a closer look at its own work force

Federal Newscast

You’re fired! No, you’re not. Hold it, wait a minute…

Federal Report

An unprecedented case arises on the status of a union of Park Service employees

The Federal Labor Relations Authority has to hear an unprecedented case, in for review. Normally, once a federal union is certified, no decertification…

Unions

Court rehears fight over vaccine mandate for federal workers

The question of whether the Biden administration can require federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been argued in an appeals court in…

Workforce

Procurement & the acquisition workforce

Off the Shelf

Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the acquisition workforce, transactional data reporting, and sustainability in procurement.