Workforce Rights/Governance
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The Justice Department's inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump
August 30, 2019 -
It's been more than two years since Congress agreed to overhaul federal administrative leave policies, but agencies are still missing the regulations needed to implement some of the more transformative changes.
August 29, 2019 -
Former Navy Adm. Bill Moran's early retirement demonstrates an old lesson in sticking to the rules.
August 29, 2019 -
Former DHS chief human capital officer Jeff Neal says he didn't used to, but that the recent USDA situation makes him think the civil service might in fact be broken.
August 29, 2019 -
The Pentagon's IG says Adm. Bill Moran violated rules on using personal email for official functions and showed poor judgment in maintaining an off-the-books professional relationship with a former public affairs officer.
August 29, 2019 -
A Supreme Court decision last year ruled that public employee unions can't collect dues unless members individually sign waivers specifically giving away their constitutional first amendment rights.
August 27, 2019 -
The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation cited a Supreme Court ruling last year that struck them down for non-federal government employees.
August 27, 2019 -
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt recently signed an executive order expanding the department's ethics activities.
August 27, 2019 -
Many current and former feds remember whistleblowers in their agency. Often times the people who knew them best are the best judges of their actions, impact and motives.
August 23, 2019 -
The Justice Department's immigration arm sent judges a morning news briefing that included a blog post from a virulently anti-immigration website
August 22, 2019 -
The government management ranks aren't totally at odds with their employees.
August 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's smoking ban at medical facilities now extends to its employees, something their union is not happy about.
August 22, 2019 -
Commentator Jeff Neal addresses some of the ways AI may replace HR in the not-too-distant future, looking at actual technology.
August 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will host free online training on the agency's new online filing system for federal sector complaints and appeals.
August 20, 2019 -
The agency's IG report on two Trump administration appointees reads like a politicals' manual for what not to do.
August 20, 2019