administrative law judges

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Labor will offer virtual seminars throughout August to prepare for federal contract minimum wage increases.

Federal Newscast

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

Unions

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

Federal Newscast

Academics think agencies can make more administrative decisions with AI

Artificial Intelligence

Social Security to fire Chekhov’s pistol

Tom Temin Commentary

Why recent constitutional challenges may have implications for agencies and their administrative judges

Workforce

Social Security’s new commissioner has giant human capital challenge

More than half the Social Security workforce is crabby over contracts.

Tom Temin Commentary

Judges declare deadlock in Social Security-union negotiations

Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke earlier with the president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges, Melissa McIntosh, about the outcome.

Federal Drive

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Workforce roundup: New religious time off authority, a short-term fix for MSPB

Workforce

Federal employees have a new flexibility to earn time off for religious reasons, while Congress considers a partial solution to resolve a shortcoming at the member-less Merit Systems Protection Board.

administrative law judges

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

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

AALJ not confident in SSA leadership

CIA unveils new website to step up recruitment efforts

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

GSA releases tool for monitoring agency spending to contractors

Congress trying to figure out operating in midst of coronavirus pandemic

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

Academics think agencies can make more administrative decisions with AI

Social Security to fire Chekhov’s pistol

Why recent constitutional challenges may have implications for agencies and their administrative judges

Social Security’s new commissioner has giant human capital challenge

Judges declare deadlock in Social Security-union negotiations

Workforce roundup: New religious time off authority, a short-term fix for MSPB

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