Workforce Rights/Governance
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President Donald Trump wants the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, which he signed into law last summer, to serve as a model for other agencies.
January 31, 2018 -
In his first State of the Union, President Donald Trump highlights VA’s success with removing 1,500 employees under the June 2017 law.
January 30, 2018 -
When Congress isn't negotiating on spending caps or budget deals for this fiscal year and the next, members are considering other pieces of legislation that could have an impact on your work.
January 29, 2018 -
The Merit Systems Protection Board says workforce reductions under the Trump administration's government reorganization effort could add to its workload — at time when the agency still lacks a quorum.
January 23, 2018 -
Navy could announce 21 weeks of paternity leave as soon as next month, but the boost would require a change in DoD policy.
January 17, 2018 -
Mark Robbins, the lone member and chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, has personally voted on 750 petitions for review since the agency lost its second member last January. Robbins' term expires in March.
January 12, 2018 -
Six out of every 1,000 new supervisors fail their probationary periods, according to a new analysis from the Merit Systems Protection Board.
January 10, 2018 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision from the Merit Systems Protection Board, which said the Veterans Affairs Department could put one of its indicted employees could be put on indefinite suspension.
January 03, 2018 -
Isabel Cottrell, an associate at The Federal Practice Group, explains how the EEOC handles sexual harassment claims.
December 26, 2017 -
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and his wife Mary sent a video message to employees where they make a specific reference to Christianity and some feds found it inappropriate.
December 22, 2017 -
A new president kept the federal workforce on its toes this year. Bureauchat hosts Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko discuss the most important stories they covered in 2017.
December 19, 2017 -
In the technology industry sector, women and some minorities don't appear to be participating in the growth in oversight of discrimination.
December 15, 2017 -
OPM issues new guidance for agencies to comply with the president's executive order rescinding the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations and related forums.
December 14, 2017 -
The D.C. District Court struck down a request by the Defense Department to delay the accession of transgender people into the military.
December 11, 2017 -
Now that Capitol Hill has passed new rules and laws banning this sort of behavior, federal contractors could be next.
December 11, 2017