At the same time, recovery efforts continue for Hurricane Helene, with 3,000 National Guard members from 13 states and 1,500 active-duty soldiers engaged in various missions across the region. Learn more about your ad choices.…

USPS expects to make 7,500 temporary hires for its busy year-end peak season, 2,500 fewer than last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FEMA took in more than 250,000 disaster assistance applications on Sunday alone, the most new registrations the agency has ever received in one day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feds impacted by the hurricane can then use the extra paid time off during the emergency, without having to dip into their own leave hours.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a new memo to DHS staff, the department’s top lawyer runs down what is and isn’t allowed under the Hatch Act.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation a top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee is asking questions about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s advanced forecasting models. New York Congressman Anthony D’Esposito, Chairman of…

Those calls come after the Council on Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency substantiated multiple allegations of wrongdoing by DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act has a provision that would bump it up to 20 days of leave.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The IRS told its inspector general that its reviewing privacy disclosures from Free File partners to mitigate risks of exposing personal information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OPM says employees who are adversely affected and seek to become emergency leave recipients must apply in writing to their agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The IG says CISA made some good improvements to the Automated Indicator Sharing program in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s new training video for federal employees, unions and managers highlights types of work that are included as part of official time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FTC began the process to unionize back in 2023, raising concerns about their access to telework, potential politicization of the civil service and other issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using a big part of the base’s airfield as a holding area for truckloads of meals, cots and generators ready to move to other areas of the southeastern U.S. once…