Workforce Rights/Governance
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In today's Federal Newscast, two House lawmakers want to close what they call are loop holes for senior government officials when they leave federal service for the private sector.
January 13, 2021 -
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.
January 11, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, A union representing EPA employees has filed an unfair labor practice charge, saying Administrator Andrew Wheeler is lying about its negotiations with the agency.
January 08, 2021 -
The National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 is, like NDAAs tend to be, a vehicle burdened with semi-related policy provisions.
January 07, 2021 -
A new year might have dawned but relations between management and employees at the Social Security Administration remain tense.
January 05, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The executive order trying to ban certain types of diversity training is in trouble. During these last days in office, it looks like a first override is in the cards for President Trump. And postal workers might be getting vaccinated soon.
December 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Education Department's inspector general says the agency developed a decent enough reopening plan for its employees during the pandemic.
December 23, 2020 -
A provision in the 2021 omnibus spending package gives federal employees a full 12 months to repay the payroll taxes that have been deferred from their paychecks this fall. The spending package also silently endorses the president's original plan to give civilian employees a 1% federal pay raise next year.
December 21, 2020 -
A bicameral group of Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office to help them track instances of burrowing that have occurred during the last four years.
December 18, 2020 -
The Pentagon has endorsed a new slate of initiatives to expand diversity within the ranks and reduce prejudice, including in recruiting, retention and professional development across the force
December 18, 2020 -
Proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management prioritize an employee's performance over length of service when choosing who to retain during a reduction in force (RIF). The regulations are another piece of President Trump's 2018 executive order on employee firings.
December 16, 2020 -
The president's recent Schedule F executive order allows agencies to reclassify career federal employees in certain policymaking positions into a new schedule of quasi political appointees.
December 15, 2020 -
An investigative report by the Veteran Affairs Department's internal watchdog has taken a look at what VA Secretary Robert Wilkie did when he was confronted with a sexual assault allegation at the flagship medical center in the nation's capital
December 10, 2020 -
Every new administration promises transparency and accountability. Typically they say it shortly after entering the Oval Office after the inauguration parade.
December 10, 2020 -
The initiatives FEMA began over the course of the last 18 months to address harassment, discrimination and employee engagement challenges in the workforce will require "constant maintenance" from future leaders and current career executives, said agency Administrator Peter Gaynor.
December 09, 2020