Workforce Rights/Governance
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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 -
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the Federal Service Impasses Panel over its decision to rewrite major portions of the unions' contract with the Social Security Administration. If AFGE is successful, the case could have significant implications for other federal employee unions engaged in agency negotiations.
August 19, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, for the first time in 12 years, federal civilian agencies suffered no major cyber incidents in fiscal 2018.
August 19, 2019 -
So what if the government gave current CSRS employees a choice: retire by a to be determined date and get full CSRS credit for their annuity, or continue in their jobs but with future benefits compiled under the less-generous FERS system. Which would you choose?
August 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have one less thing to worry about for the final six weeks of fiscal 2019, budget cuts due to sequestration are not on the table.
August 16, 2019 -
The latest Annual Agency Ethics Program Questionnaire from the Office of Government Ethics shows things are not getting any easier for employees responsible for running federal oversight programs.
August 15, 2019 -
OSC guidance seems to leave plenty of room to talk impeachment at work.
August 15, 2019 -
Maintaining security clearance is a career must for hundreds of thousands of government and contractor employees. A small but persistent number of people unfairly lose their clearance each year.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to streamline the department's 13 ethics programs into one.
August 15, 2019