Workforce Rights/Governance

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A long-time federal-employee advocate reacts to the latest civil service reform gambit

It may not be likely to become law, but a new bill to reform federal civil service shows how deeply some members of congress feel about the issue. Sen….

Hiring/Retention

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What agencies and federal employees should know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - In this July 6, 2020, photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Justice Department on Tuesday named Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, to run the federal Bureau of Prisons, turning to a reform-minded outsider as it seeks to rebuild the beleaguered agenc (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal correctional officers continue the fight for COVID-19 hazardous-duty pay

Federal Newscast

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Pregnant CBP employees involuntarily placed on ‘light duty,’ allege systematic discrimination

Workforce Rights/Governance

Agency leadership is ‘pivotal’ for effective anti-harassment policies

Workforce

DoD overhauls overseas COLA policy, leading to pay decrease for some military members

Defense

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How do federal employees feel about upcoming telework changes? ‘Unsure’

Federal Report

Two Army infantry soldiers win innovation contest with a device to keep mold out of barracks

Army

How Bureau of Prisons can escape its own cage

Justice Department agency is failing at is own stated mission, but new leadership vows to correct things.

Tom Temin Commentary

Washington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA warns 81K health care employees’ jobs at risk under House GOP debt ceiling plan

Federal agencies are warning that a deal by House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for significant budget cuts would eliminate the jobs…

Workforce

Confusion over weed policies may be blunting new recruits for intelligence agencies

Intelligence Community

Many young people are confused about whether past marijuana use prevents them from getting a security clearance. And others say they wouldn’t stop using to obtain a clearance.

Workforce Rights/Governance

A long-time federal-employee advocate reacts to the latest civil service reform gambit

What agencies and federal employees should know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Federal correctional officers continue the fight for COVID-19 hazardous-duty pay

Here’s a civil service reform bill you’ll want to pay attention to

GOP resurrects effort to make some feds at-will employees, thus easier to fire

A Deeper Look at the TSA

Pregnant CBP employees involuntarily placed on ‘light duty,’ allege systematic discrimination

Agency leadership is ‘pivotal’ for effective anti-harassment policies

DoD overhauls overseas COLA policy, leading to pay decrease for some military members

How do federal employees feel about upcoming telework changes? ‘Unsure’

Two Army infantry soldiers win innovation contest with a device to keep mold out of barracks

How Bureau of Prisons can escape its own cage

VA warns 81K health care employees’ jobs at risk under House GOP debt ceiling plan

Confusion over weed policies may be blunting new recruits for intelligence agencies