Workforce Rights/Governance
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A new executive order from President Donald Trump will reclassify certain current and future positions in the career civil service as a new political class known as "Schedule F."
October 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights by removing him after he raised concerns about Pruitt's excessive spending and mismanagement.
October 22, 2020 -
Federal contractors can continue unconscious bias programs and still meet the demands of the president's recent executive order on diversity and inclusion training, Labor Department says, as long as programs don't touch on "white fragility" or "white privilege."
October 20, 2020 -
Federal News Network reviewed the track records and campaign policies for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Here's where they stand on the issues important to federal employees, including pay, benefits and government oversight.
October 19, 2020 -
New rules from the Office of Personnel Management, which become final next month, formally implement portions of the president's 2018 executive order on employee firing and discipline.
October 15, 2020 -
Billions have been spent to overhaul the Army's aging weapons plants, but officials say the system needs a fundamental rethinking to make it agile enough to keep up with military requirements.
October 14, 2020 -
There are 50,000 people working in the Energy Department's nuclear security enterprise and for obvious reasons, most of them haven't had the option of teleworking during the pandemic.
October 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 11 industry associations are calling on the Trump administration to rescind the executive order on diversity and training.
October 12, 2020 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued three recent decisions on behalf of three separate departments, all of which will likely give agencies more power at the collective bargaining table.
October 06, 2020 -
The controversial White House directive banning what the Trump administration thinks is divisive diversity training - it applies to federal contractors, too.
October 06, 2020 -
Federal D&I training needs a more methodical examination for fairness and effectiveness.
October 06, 2020 -
Many agencies were already envisioning a performance management shift before the pandemic, but the virtual workplace is accelerating broader changes to the way managers set organizational goals and hold their employees accountable.
September 29, 2020 -
While the nation argues about racial discrimination, another group continues to suffer the slings and arrows of unequal treatment. Namely, pregnant women in the military.
September 29, 2020 -
It'll be up to political appointees to determine whether agency diversity and inclusion training runs afoul of the president's recent executive order on "divisive" race and gender stereotyping -- and whether federal employees should be disciplined for promoting it.
September 28, 2020 -
While it has been an unimaginable tragedy for many people, for many of us, including feds, it has been survivable so far.
September 24, 2020