Workforce Rights/Governance
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The American Federation of Government Employees said the Office of Special Counsel's November 2018 guidance on advocating or opposing "impeachment" or "resistance" violates federal employees' First Amendment rights.
August 14, 2019 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's motion to immediately lift the injunction on the president's workforce executive orders.
August 14, 2019 -
Most current federal retirees, and a small percentage of folks still on the payroll, are under the old Civil Service Retirement System. It offers a generous lifetime annuity that is based on salary and length…
August 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management asked the Federal Labor Relations Authority how agencies can deduct union dues in light of the 2018 decision, which found local and state government workers can't be forced to pay union dues.
August 13, 2019 -
Would you move your family from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., to those of Kansas City to take a lower-wage job — as in $5,000 to $15,000 per annum lower?
August 13, 2019 -
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command is launching an ethics review of his commando forces because of recent incidents of bad behavior and criminal allegations against troops.
August 12, 2019 -
Though the agreement doesn't make any guarantees, the deal the Agriculture Department and the American Federation of Government Employees reached late last week gives employees impacted by the Kansas City relocation a path to request more time to make the move and other flexibilities.
August 12, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA employees relocating to Kansas City will now get incentive payments to make up for their now lower salaries.
August 12, 2019 -
The size and purchasing power of your 2020 biweekly paycheck or monthly annuity payment will be decided in a couple of months. The good news about the January 2020 COLA for federal, military and Social Security retirees is that there almost certainly will be one.
August 12, 2019 -
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday told employees impacted by the upcoming relocation to Kansas City they shouldn't be concerned with violating the Antideficiency Act when submitting for relocation reimbursements.
August 09, 2019 -
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) has been at the top of the legislative hit list for groups representing federal and public retirees for decades.
August 09, 2019 -
By now there have been plenty of stories about the hardships the longest government shutdown in history created for the federal workforce. But new research from Weber State University is among the first to try to quantify the impacts.
August 07, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The amount of fentanyl needed to kill a person is barely enough to cover up the date…
August 07, 2019 -
When most people think about agency oversight, what springs to mind are Congressional hearings. But a huge proportion of the government’s oversight functions happen out of public view.
August 06, 2019 -
Patrick Pizzella, acting Labor secretary, spent time at the agency in the 2000s and is using that knowledge to push the pace of change in technology, human resources and driving decisions through data.
August 05, 2019