Workforce Rights/Governance
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VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced a plan to revamp VA health care facilities by closing and tearing down some, building new ones, establishing outpatient centers and moving more care to the private sector.
March 18, 2022 -
After two years of total vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board now has two of its three members, enough to make decisions that stick.
March 17, 2022 -
In a March 16 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks wrote that there will not be a “one-size-fits-all” plan to return to work.
March 17, 2022 -
The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government's highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection Board has a quorum of two members. The Senate confirmed them a couple of weeks ago, ending five years without a quorum.
March 17, 2022 -
Any federal employee who's come near classified or secret information know what happens if they try to publish something or give a speech. The federal government has at least 17 pre-publication review boards with the authority to say no.
March 15, 2022 -
It's bad enough when employees don't show up for work. For the Postal Service, it's a perpetual problem. Managers can plan and budget for vacations, even contingencies like sick days. But what about absent without leave, or AWOL? This turns out to be a prickly management challenge.
March 14, 2022 -
Congress, as it does every year, crammed a lot of spending when it whipped up that so called omnibus appropriations bill.
March 14, 2022 -
Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram is requiring employees to come back to the office at least three days a week starting on March 21.
March 14, 2022 -
Whistleblowers across the government have gotten increasingly more support and protection over the years. Except for those in the secretive intelligence community.
March 11, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court in Florida will hear arguments today on a vaccine mandate case that the Navy says has effectively put one of its guided missile destroyers out of commission.
March 10, 2022 -
A task force established by the Biden administration has issued dozens of recommendations for unionizing federal agencies and contractors. Will it have any effect?
March 09, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's largest employees union is raising hackles over a plan to trim back VA facilities.
March 09, 2022 -
The Department of Homeland Security said it used cloud technologies and the security tools to maximize the capability of teleworkers and field workers even before the pandemic.
March 08, 2022 -
The largest federal union has filed a class action lawsuit for employees who think they were exposed to COVID-19 at work. There's even a web site where people can sign on.
March 07, 2022 -
Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector.
March 04, 2022