Workforce Rights/Governance
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday cleared two of the President's nominees to fill the Merit Systems Protection Board. But Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he won't bring those nominations to the Senate floor for a vote until the White House names a third nominee.
February 13, 2019 -
The IRS is still reeling from the effects of the 35-day shutdown that ended last month, according to the agency’s taxpayer watchdog office.
February 13, 2019 -
As agencies plan for the possibility of another government shutdown at the end of this week, the American Federation of Government Employees is telling its members to prepare as well.
February 11, 2019 -
Weak controls at the U.S. Postal Service allowed confidential employee records to fly out the door on Freedom of Information Act requests, according to the USPS Office of Inspector General.
February 11, 2019 -
Rebecca Jones, policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, argued it's time for Congress to provide better whistleblower protections to its own staff.
February 08, 2019 -
Before the reopening of the government Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Heidi Burakiewicz, partner at Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, who represents many Bureau of Prison employees.
February 01, 2019 -
The IRS recalled more than half of its total workforce to work without pay and help issue tax refunds during the partial government shutdown, but some financially hard-pressed employees remain at home, due to a clause in their union's contract.
January 25, 2019 -
With a spike in the number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits, some workers have sought to make up for lost income by taking advantage of the "gig economy."
January 18, 2019 -
The National Treasury Employees Union has added a third count to its lawsuit against the Trump administration and questioned the legality of the decision to recall some IRS employees during the government shutdown.
January 17, 2019 -
A federal district judge refused to compel the executive branch to find an immediate end to the government shutdown's impacts on excepted federal employees working without pay. The judge's decision maintains the status quo. Other lawsuits challenging the shutdown's legitimacy are still pending.
January 15, 2019 -
Tiffany Boiman, director of office and policy programs at the Labor Department's Women's Bureau, joined Women of Washington to discuss her career path and the department's continuing efforts to close the gender gap in the workforce and beyond.
January 09, 2019 -
Absent specific guidance on the matter, federal employees walk a tricky line in accepting furlough donations and complying with existing ethics rules.
January 08, 2019 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said excepted federal employees who have been working without pay during the partial government shutdown should be paid full wages, including overtime, and other damages.
January 08, 2019 -
The Defense Department Inspector General's Office saw a more than 25 percent increase in employee satisfaction since 2015.
January 03, 2019 -
For the Trump administration, 2018 was a productive year filled small, but productive steps toward its goal of modernizing the federal workforce. But it was a very different kind of year for federal employee unions.
January 01, 2019