Workforce Rights/Governance
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Contrary to what some may think, the Federal Circuit did not invalidate the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act and it did not permit administrative judges to mitigate discipline imposed on VA employees.
May 05, 2020 -
The Conservative Framework for Recovery, Accountability and Prosperity includes a section on how to improve efficiency and accountability of the government itself, and its response to the coronavirus.
May 04, 2020 -
The same Hatch Act rules apply for federal employees while they're working from home during the pandemic, the Office of Special Counsel said earlier this week in new guidance.
May 01, 2020 -
Business activity might be nearly choked off, but this is a busy country. People are still thinking, creating, Congress is still doing its thing.
April 30, 2020 -
Each year, tax professionals urge people who are due refunds to file early and electronically. Now there's a new reason to do just that.
April 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, as agencies are developing their plans to reopen offices, the National Treasury Employees Union releases its own conditions.
April 28, 2020 -
Air traffic control is never easy work, but now controllers are concerned about coronavirus, working cheek by jowl in sometimes cramped airport control towers.
April 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Democrats are eyeing hazard pay for frontline federal employees for the next emergency coronavirus package.
April 27, 2020 -
Your agency has a lot to think about as it considers reopening federal offices during the pandemic. Employees will trust the good leaders to make the right decision, former executives said, but absent leaders will struggle to earn that trust quickly.
April 27, 2020 -
Congress has approved nearly $3 trillion to keep government services and the economy running during the coronavirus pandemic, but standing up the layers of oversight into that spending has gone less smoothly.
April 24, 2020 -
The Association of Administrative Law Judges sued the Federal Service Impasses Panel this week, joining a growing list of union lawsuits that have challenged the panel's constitutionality and authority.
April 22, 2020 -
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service took steps before the coronavirus pandemic to set up one-third of its mediators with video teleconferencing capabilities. Now all 150 FMCS mediators are conducting virtual meetings with employers, agencies and unions.
April 21, 2020 -
It looks as if there is solid commitment on the part of the government to ensure contractor employees, who can't get on premises to do their work, to get paid leave.
April 21, 2020 -
Unless you’ve been a professional hermit for most of your life, the past few weeks have been weird. Mike Causey asked some long-time readers how they are coping.
April 21, 2020 -
It’s been several years since budget challenges caused federal agencies to offer widespread buyouts and early-outs to their workforces, but the Defense Contract Management Agency is finding itself in that position now.
April 20, 2020