Workforce Rights/Governance
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Readers share their thoughts on how commuter gridlock caused by a potential D.C. Metro system strike would affect agencies' opinions on telework.
July 19, 2018 -
The president's three nominees for the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) had a long-awaited and easy Senate nomination hearing. But the task ahead of them will be much more difficult.
July 19, 2018 -
A strike by D.C.-area bus and subway personnel could give opponents of teleworking a taste of what the government would face in the event of a major weather event, natural disaster or terrorist attack.
July 19, 2018 -
Are the threats to FERS and CSRS real? IF so, what is being done to protect them? Find out when NARFE's Jessica Klement, Barb Sido, and Jennifer Bialek join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to explain why the two largest white-collar federal unions are challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. July 18, 2018
July 18, 2018 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee once again is considering changes to the disciplinary appeals process for federal employees.
July 18, 2018 -
An internal poll of FBI employees has revealed a striking drop in confidence in the vision of FBI Director Christopher Wray and the bureau's senior leadership.
July 18, 2018 -
The two largest white-collar federal unions are challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders President Donald Trump issued in late May. And it could be serious.
July 18, 2018 -
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said he's less concerned by the VA's measure of disciplinary actions and more concerned about whether whistleblowers feel they can approach leadership with their concerns.
July 17, 2018 -
After three federal workforce executive orders were signed by President Donald Trump in the spring, one union leader at the Social Security Administration describes the resulting cuts to official time and the group's eviction from agency office space.
July 17, 2018 -
The Pentagon says it's upholding the original intent of the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill by insisting that a key component of the bill is not an entitlement, and only a retention incentive.
July 17, 2018 -
Oversight committees in both chambers of Congress this week will consider the president's nominees to sit on the Merit Systems Protection Board, along with other changes to disciplinary actions and probationary periods for federal employees.
July 16, 2018 -
In a new, exclusive online survey by Federal News Radio nearly 70 percent of respondents said they are very or somewhat concerned about possible changes to telework policies.
July 16, 2018 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said it received bargaining proposals from the Health and Human Services Department that exclude previously-negotiated articles on telework, alternative work schedules and performance awards.
July 12, 2018 -
What's your agency doing about its telework program? We want to know. Follow the link below to take our anonymous online survey and to help us report on the future of telework in the federal government.
July 12, 2018 -
The Senate has announced long-awaited hearings for three nominees to the Merit System Protection Board. The agency that handles appeals from the Civil Service Commission has lack a quorum to do business for more than 18 months.
July 12, 2018