Workforce Rights/Governance
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is expected to introduce the Federal Employee Rights Act. The bill would prohibit agencies from deducting labor union dues from federal employees' paychecks. It would also change the way votes are counted among employees in a unit who are deciding whether to join a union.
February 03, 2016 -
Administration officials confirmed the raise would be included in the President's fiscal 2017 budget, which is due out on Feb. 9.
February 03, 2016 What is the state of the clearance job market in 2016? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and director of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on Fed Access. January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016-
The second round of DoD's Force of the Future initiative focuses on military families. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the reforms would improve the military's ability to retain its best people.
January 29, 2016 -
The Air Force faces a series of lawsuits alleging a questionable directive had officers canned before they could collect their 401Ks.
January 25, 2016 -
A new bill from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) defines the term "administrative leave" and creates new categories of leave for employees awaiting the results of an agency investigation.
January 25, 2016 -
The Defense Department needs to find better ways to attract and retain nuclear forces in addition to funding nuclear modernization, according to U.S. Strategic Command's leader Adm. Cecil Haney.
January 25, 2016 -
Col. Darby McNulty, the project officer for Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, said the Army still faces many challenges in getting soldiers their active-duty pay.
January 20, 2016 -
Joe Carson, a 31-year federal employee and a prevailing whistleblower, explains why he believes the U.S. Office of Special Counsel withdrew its rule about contractor whistleblower disclosures.
January 18, 2016 -
Katie Maddocks, deputy director of Government Affairs at the Federal Managers Association, joins host Mike Causey to discuss the Wounded Warrior project, the OPM data breach, and more. January 13, 2016
January 12, 2016 -
Some federal employee groups and committee Democrats are taking issue with a series of bills under consideration at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The legislation largely targets accountability issues among Senior Executives and career appointees.
January 12, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is hosting a limited enrollment period in February for federal employees who want to switch their benefits options to self-plus-one.
January 11, 2016 -
Navy officials told lawmakers facilities sustainment cuts have hurt personnel services and building modernization efforts.
January 08, 2016 -
The budget deal cuts $250 million in civilian headquarters and mandates a report from the inspector general.
January 06, 2016 -
Behind the 435 members of the House and 100 members of the Senate, you'll find a small army of Capitol Hill staff employees. They do everything from walk members' dogs during holidays to detailed analyses of complex programs. For a couple of centuries these denizens of the Hill got few of the legal workplace protections received by their executive branch counterparts. That changed 20 years ago when Congress established the Office of Compliance. Barbara Camens, chairman of the board of directors of the Office of Compliance, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a retrospective and look ahead.
January 04, 2016