Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook…

Agency Oversight

Does Homeland Security have too much discretion in hiring cybersecurity people?

Hiring/Retention

(Getty Images/Wavebreak Media/Wavebreakmedia Ltd)

FLRA nominees pledge expeditious action on backlog of unfair labor practice complaints

Workforce Rights/Governance

A waiter checks clients' health passes at a restaurant in Ascain, southwestern France, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. People in France are now required to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass to enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Agencies get new guidance for securing mobile devices on international travel

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

DHS cyber talent system set to go live with ‘around 150 positions’ next month

Hiring/Retention

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Under new Biden initiative, agencies will do more to educate employees about collective bargaining

Unions

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

Commentary

An Air Force member takes a selfie while getting her shot of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 at a military base in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Punishments start for troops who refuse vaccines

DoD Reporter's Notebook

ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

Pay

For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

Management

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, file photo, Republican nominee for Congress Katie Arrington concedes the race to Democrat Joe Cunningham during her news conference at the Staybridge Suites in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Arrington, a former South Carolina state lawmaker and failed congressional candidate, has been placed on leave from her Pentagon job during a probe into allegations of an unauthorized release of classified information, her attorney confirmed to The Associated Press, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

DoD’s Arrington tells court her suspension is ‘baseless,’ wants her name cleared

Katie Arrington had been DoD’s chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and…

Defense

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, a syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska’s largest hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.(Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Contractors assess the just released details of White House COVID-19 protocols

For an industry reaction, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council Stephanie Kostro spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Workforce Rights/Governance

A new podcast gives a very unique perspective to the Fat Leonard case

Navy

The now-infamous “Fat Leonard” case stretched far and wide into the Navy contracting community and its officer ranks, and it may not be over yet.

Workforce Rights/Governance

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Does Homeland Security have too much discretion in hiring cybersecurity people?

FLRA nominees pledge expeditious action on backlog of unfair labor practice complaints

Agencies get new guidance for securing mobile devices on international travel

Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse COVID-19 vaccine

DHS cyber talent system set to go live with ‘around 150 positions’ next month

Under new Biden initiative, agencies will do more to educate employees about collective bargaining

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

Punishments start for troops who refuse vaccines

ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

DoD’s Arrington tells court her suspension is ‘baseless,’ wants her name cleared

Contractors assess the just released details of White House COVID-19 protocols

A new podcast gives a very unique perspective to the Fat Leonard case

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