Workforce Rights/Governance
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Federal unions, many good government groups and much of the media have attacked President Trump's proposal to make it easy to fire hundreds --if not thousands--of career feds now protected by civil service rules.
November 05, 2020 -
Federal employees can now technically show support for one of the presidential candidates at work, according to the Office of Special Counsel's post-Election Day Hatch Act guidance. But there are certain "rare" exceptions and nuances that are especially relevant in this year's race.
November 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee want to know how the Office of Personnel Management is keeping federal employees safe during another COVID-19 wave.
November 04, 2020 -
The debate over the Trump administration's order to create a new civil service Schedule F - most of it has focused on the effects on career employees. But what about the public?
November 04, 2020 -
There’s nothing like a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic to focus one’s thinking. This year has been one for the the books.
November 04, 2020 -
The National Academy of Public Administration has published a long list of ideas for the administration that begins this coming January.
November 03, 2020 -
Three of the four Program Support Center executives on paid administrative leave since April 2019 remain in limbo while sources say the agency will fire the fourth one as part of a move to save face in light of auditors finding no wrongdoing.
November 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department Inspector General plans to undertake a new investigation into how the Pentagon handles issues like diversity and inclusion.
November 02, 2020 -
House Democrats are demanding the Trump administration immediately stop implementing the president's Schedule F executive order until they can determine the EO's full impact on the career federal workforce.
October 28, 2020 -
The National Treasury Employees Union is suing the Trump administration over the president's recent Schedule F executive order. Three House Democrats introduced new legislation intended to nullify the EO and protect career federal employees impacted by it.
October 27, 2020 -
A one-time hospital orderly and a Coast Guard officer - can this be the same federal government?
October 27, 2020 -
Former Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Jeff Neal provides some background on the career civil service and why the recent Schedule F executive order undermines it.
October 26, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is out with preliminary guidance on the president's recent executive order.
October 26, 2020 -
In theory, a Biden administration could, for its own purposes, use the Trump executive order.
October 26, 2020 -
The National Council on Disability is calling on Congress to phase out a New Deal-era program that gives people with disabilities federal contracting jobs, but pays them less than minimum wage.
October 22, 2020