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Also in today's Federal Newscast, reimbursements for military housing are not keeping up with inflation, and the Combined Federal Campaign needs more leaders.
New council recommendations would adjust several pay locality areas, but must get approval from the president's pay agent before implementation.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against EEOC over office-reentry policies. And the Air Force is embracing privacy during pregnancy.
EEOC has until Aug. 22 to respond to a labor-management complaint after not completing union negotiations for the agency’s return-to-office policies.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Biden Administration Office of Personnel Management gets its first second-in-command. And the Navy has a new top intelligence officer.
AFGE, which represents around 283,000 VA employees, said 70% of respondents reported needing more administrative and support staff, and 64% said there are vacant positions for which no recruitment is taking place.
SBA, in an all-staff email obtained by Federal News Network, told employees on July 13 that it will bring bargaining unit employees back into the office at least two days a pay period, starting Sept. 12.
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.
In today's Federal Newscast: It looks like DoD might be underreporting what it's spending on cloud services. CISA can expect a huge budget increase next year.
AFGE helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA's proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. First Executive President of AFGE's national VA council Mary Jane Burke explained why they opposed the plan.
In today's Federal Newscast: Some 800 IT workers at the Agriculture Department vote to join a union. In Hawaii, a Coast Guard couple might be Russians, with fake identities. And federal agencies achieve historic levels of success with small business contracting.
Bottom line: Both parties could be missing the boat (and vote) if they attack or ignore feds because they THINK they know their politics, but don’t!
AFGE has begun the process to separate its union chapter for ICE officers, essentially dissolving the council's collective bargaining agreement.
Current policy lets feds use sick leave to travel for medical care, but some employer groups want the White House to go further.