Workforce Rights/Governance
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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 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office assesses a bill which would give the Trump administration expedited authority to reorganize the federal government.
October 26, 2018 -
Employees at the Health and Human Services Department picketed outside the agency's headquarters Thursday afternoon, demanding that HHS leadership resume collective bargaining negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union.
October 26, 2018 -
The Senate has little time left to vote on the president's three nominees to serve as members on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). If the Senate doesn't act before the year ends, the board may have no members.
October 17, 2018 -
The Office of Personnel Management clarified a provision in the president's recent executive order on employee removals.
October 10, 2018 -
Citing "governmentwide reach," the Trump administration requested an expedited briefing in its appeal of the federal district court's injunction of the president's executive orders.
October 02, 2018 -
The Defense Department is using a functional community approach to reexamine, retrain its HR workforce.
October 01, 2018 -
TSA Administrator David Pekoske managed to mostly reassure lawmakers, with one major exception: they aren't pleased about the agency's decision to redact certain documents, and its refusal to turn over others in response to a subpoena.
September 27, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the SEA wants its members to think about their roles in leadership positions, and play an active part in quickly stopping harassment at their agencies.
September 27, 2018