Politicians who want to reduce the cost of the federal retirement and labor-management programs say they are doing it for the most noble reasons.
President Donald Trump's second executive order offers new limitations on official time, as well as restrictions to federal union use of agency office space and property.
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the president, the Office of Personnel Management and OPM Director Jeff Pon over the administration's executive order on official time.
The Trump administration's three new executive orders on employee relations aim to speed things up.
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at DHS, takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's recent executive orders affecting federal employee hiring and retention.
The president's new executive order on the employee removal process makes some significant changes for federal workers.
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders making it easier to fire poor-performing federal employees and overhaul federal employees union rights. J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to talk about the EOs and their potential impact. May 30, 2018
Majority members on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducted their own study of agency official time use in attempt to get better data but still found messy and confusing agency reports.
Between last week's OPM report and this week's congressional hearing, feds may have some questions about official time. Federal News Radio wants to answer them.
The debate over official time may heat up again, as the Trump administration continues to suggest changes to the current civil service system.
The Veterans Benefits Administration is reverting to previous performance management guidelines, which the American Federation of Government Employees says it too "chaotic."
While some agencies are cutting back on the number of teleworkers, and the time they can spend working from home, others are thinking about expanding it to cut real estate costs.
Federal employees are hearing a lot of mixed messages about telework these days, so Federal News Radio set out to answer their most common questions.
The federal government has been reorganized many times under new presidential administrations, and not always for the better.
Presidents love to reform the government for a variety of reasons. But career Senior Executive Service members knows where the levers of power are, and how to get things done.