administrative law judges

A federal employment attorney assesses the impact of having a Merit Systems Protection Board

After two years of total vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board now has two of its three members, enough to make decisions that stick.

Workforce Rights/Governance

SSA reaches deal to resume some in-person disability claims hearings starting in May

Workforce

Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal employee disputes sit in limbo as MSPB nominees await confirmation

Workforce Rights/Governance

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

After five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board looks to finally add three members

Workforce

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

Federal Newscast

Labor relations at the Social Security Administration are going from bad to worse

Unions

President of the Association of Administrative Law Judges

AALJ not confident in SSA leadership

Unions

CIA unveils new website to step up recruitment efforts

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. President Donald Trump didn't have to look very far for one of the contenders on his short list to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court: he's been considering one of his own lawyers. Kate Comerford Todd is a deputy White House counsel, helping navigate Trump's White House through a thicket of legal issues. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House memo puts burden of proof back on agency for administrative enforcement

Agency Oversight

GSA releases tool for monitoring agency spending to contractors

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument are visible as a lone woman runs along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington. The nation's capital, like most of the nation itself, is largely shuttered. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congress trying to figure out operating in midst of coronavirus pandemic

Federal Newscast

Military medical facilities move to get more doctors in front of the coronavirus fight

In today’s Federal Newscast, military medical facilities are postponing all elective surgeries, invasive procedures and dental procedures due to the response…

Federal Newscast

Academics think agencies can make more administrative decisions with AI

Stanford Law School law professor David Freeman Engstrom joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with what they found.

Artificial Intelligence

Social Security to fire Chekhov’s pistol

Tom Temin Commentary

The Social Security Administration wants to activate 80-year-old legal authority for hearing disability cases.