administrative law judges

• Congress trying to figure out operating in midst of coronavirus pandemic

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate looks to shore up its cyber defenses, and House leaders are weighing the options to have members cast votes away from Captol Hill.

  Federal Newscast

  April 22, 2020
• 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 to coronavirus.

  Federal Newscast

  March 25, 2020
• 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

  March 11, 2020
• Social Security to fire Chekhov’s pistol

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

  Tom Temin Commentary

  February 25, 2020
• Why recent constitutional challenges may have implications for agencies and their administrative judges

  Several recent court decisions involving the appointments clause and the structure of quasi-judicial boards may have big consequences for administrative judges and other board members at the Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Service Impasses Panel and other federal agencies.

  Workforce

  December 30, 2019
• Social Security’s new commissioner has giant human capital challenge

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

  Tom Temin Commentary

  June 26, 2019
• 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

  June 26, 2019
• Workforce roundup: New religious time off authority, a short-term fix for MSPB

  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.

  Workforce

  May 08, 2019
• 3rd ex-intelligence official this year guilty of conspiring with Chinese government

  In today's Federal Newscast, another former member of the intelligence community was found to have conspired with Chinese intelligence services.

  Federal Newscast

  May 02, 2019
• FBA president shares 2019 goals to benefit federal judiciary members

  Fifty years since passage of the Federal Magistrates Act, the Federal Bar Association continues to work on behalf of members of the federal judiciary and of administrative law judges.

  Federal Drive

  November 02, 2018
• Judges warn public should be ‘concerned’ about executive order to politicize ALJ appointments

  For those making claims — including for disability benefits — against government agencies, some federal judges say they should pay attention to a new White House directive allowing administrative law judges to be politically appointed.

  Federal Drive

  July 13, 2018
• Agency heads now have direct authority to appoint administrative law judges

  The Trump administration says a recent Supreme Court case decision is prompting the White House to change the current hiring process for administrative law judges.

  Hiring/Retention

  July 10, 2018