Workforce Rights/Governance
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Local American Federation of Government Employees representatives at the Veterans Affairs Department say the agency has inconsistently implemented the president's executive order on official time.
August 10, 2018 -
Federal security clearances may grab headlines, but the polygraph portion has gone virtually unchanged for decades. Now they're getting a closer look.
August 09, 2018 -
Jeff Neal offers some ideas for spending left-over budget money in a way that may benefit the taxpayers and the government workers who serve them.
August 08, 2018 -
Michael Horowitz, inspector general at the Justice Department, said 22 percent of all women and 43 percent of female criminal investigators reported experiencing gender-based discrimination in the department.
August 08, 2018 -
A series of scattered data gathering systems doesn't help, while the Veterans Affairs Department is inconsistent in how it deals with miscreant employees, especially senior people.
August 03, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an amendment in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act calls for investigating whether military or defense leaders found guilty of sexual assault or harassment should retain their security clearances.
August 03, 2018 -
With a possible governmentwide shutdown just 58 days away, survivors of previous time-outs are remembering how they coped, if they were ordered not to work, or to go to work without the guarantee of getting paid.
August 03, 2018 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority reportedly told the American Federation of Government Employees this week that the Education Department did bargain in "bad faith" when it ended ground rules negotiations and implemented its own management document.
July 27, 2018 -
Following the recent rollback of telework agreements at the Education and Agriculture departments, two D.C.-area lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting and expanding existing agency telework agreements.
July 26, 2018 -
A coalition of federal unions has sued the Trump administration over the president's recent executive orders, but attorneys representing the government say the unions' challenges fall outside of the D.C. district court's jurisdiction.
July 26, 2018 -
Ahead of oral arguments in federal district court on Wednesday, federal employee unions showed their disapproval of three recent executive orders from President Donald Trump.
July 25, 2018 -
Two recent cases on the matter involved the City of Philadelphia, TSA agents and airline passengers.
July 25, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office found evidence of potential whistleblower retaliation and conflicts of interest among investigations of senior officials at the Veterans Affairs Department.
July 20, 2018 -
Mining accidents kill or injure thousands every year, and John Sammarco at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said one reason is poor illumination deep in mines.
July 20, 2018 -
A House bill has been passed out of committee to give agency heads the power to restrict employee access to certain websites, including Facebook and personal emails. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) said his bill will improve cybersecurity and cut down on information leaks.
July 20, 2018