Workforce Rights/Governance
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Protective Service mismanaged its payroll and budget leading to excessive overtime and spending shortfalls.
December 18, 2018 -
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a new proposal that would limit HHS employees to one day of telework a week, according to the National Treasury Employees Union.
December 17, 2018 -
OSC says federal employees can talk about impeachment, but directly advocating for or against it may violate the Hatch Act.
November 30, 2018 -
The newly installed chief of the U.S. Forest Service has promised to change the agency's culture of widespread harassment, misconduct and retaliation. But what would that take?
November 30, 2018 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee failed to clear any of the president's nominees to fill the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), creating dim prospects for the agency's future.
November 28, 2018 -
Federal employee union leaders, like their members, are finding a lot to worry about right now. A partial lapse in funding could be looming. A big dispute with the Trump administration is dragging on.
November 21, 2018 -
Agencies have more guidance now on how they should comply with President Donald Trump's May executive orders on collective bargaining. Hear this and more stories in today's Federal Newscast.
November 21, 2018 -
Federal unions have filed a joint lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the same venue where the organizations saw success with their recent legal challenge of the President's executive orders.
November 14, 2018 -
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) asked the Defense Department for information on how it will fix derelict homes on bases in his home state, this after a news report detailed serious hazards in military housing nationwide.
November 09, 2018 -
The Office of Personnel Management said agencies should continue to bargain in "good faith" and comply with the provisions of the president's executive orders that haven't been overturned in a recent court order.
November 08, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department's decision to abandon official time for some employees may set up further legal battles over the matter — and the president's executive orders.
November 08, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general said it's deeply concerned that the Coast Guard Investigative Service executed a search warrant against a whistleblower.
November 05, 2018 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority said it reviewed case load, staffing and rental costs before finalizing its decision its second regional office in two months.
November 02, 2018 -
A group of senators want more answers from the Office of Personnel Management about how agencies are complying with an August court order that invalidated the president's workforce executive orders.
November 01, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is changing regulations on direct hire authorities.
October 29, 2018