Workforce Rights/Governance
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Sen. James Lankford says whatever retirement changes occur should only apply to new hires. Hear this story and more in today's Federal Newscast.
March 15, 2019 -
It's an unfortunate but when you have a workforce of 2 million people, a few of them will commit harassment, retaliate against whistleblowers or drag their partisan politics to the office.
March 14, 2019 -
The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy believes fiscal 2018 will mark yet another record year for the volume of new Freedom of Information Act requests filed by the public.
March 12, 2019 -
Since December the Justice Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have been working together under a memorandum of understanding.
March 12, 2019 -
At least 10,000 federal employees from National Treasury Employees Union bargaining units have opted into one of the union's government shutdown lawsuits.
March 06, 2019 -
ICF Senior Vice President Jeff Neal explains how President Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to preserve the civil service could teach today's leadership a thing or two.
March 05, 2019 -
A creeping incompetence in handling the government seems to be overtaking Congress. Case in point? What's going on with the MSPB.
March 04, 2019 -
Merit Systems Protection Board has lost all members now, after the Senate on Thursday failed to take up legislation that would have extended the holdover term for the last remaining board member or hold a vote on the president's two nominees.
March 01, 2019 -
Good government groups are making a last-ditch effort to resolve an increasingly likely scenario at the Merit Systems Protection Board. The board will have no members starting Friday, unless Congress passes a temporary term extension or finds a way to confirm new nominees.
February 27, 2019 -
Lisa Pape, deputy chief patient care services officer at the Veterans Health Administration, joined Women of Washington to discuss her career dedicated to helping veterans transition back into society.
February 27, 2019 -
At least five bills have been reintroduced in the 116th Congress by incumbent lawmakers. And as the fog of last month's partial government shutdown clears, it's possible more bills have or will resurface.
February 21, 2019 -
Employer branding is one of the chief battlefields in the fight for talent. The government is not well-positioned for that fight.
February 21, 2019 -
After a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military housing, the Air Force is inspecting all of its on-base, privatized housing.
February 20, 2019 -
The Office of Government Ethics has weighed in on wide variety of questions and issues that came up during the most recent 35-day government shutdown.
February 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics laid out what kind of aid furloughed employees are allowed to receive during a government shutdown.
February 20, 2019