Brian Schatz

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Federal employees, union officials and lawmakers heightened calls for an 8.7% federal pay raise in 2024 at a rally in front of the Capitol building.

Unions

Lawmakers renew calls to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees

Workforce

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

AP/Alex Brandon

Democratic lawmakers propose 5.1% average pay raise for federal employees

Pay

House Democrats propose 2022 federal pay raise with new bill

Pay

Senators worried new VA accountability office appointment poses conflict of interest

People

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the North Portico of the White House, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OMB calls critical race theory ‘divisive, un-American,’ orders agencies to cease training

Federal Newscast

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2019, file photo shows the view of the U.S. Capitol building from the Washington Monument in Washington. The federal government incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June 2020 as spending on programs to combat the coronavirus recession exploded while millions of job losses cut into tax revenues. The Treasury Department reported Monday, July 13, 2020 that the deficit hit $864 billion last month, an amount of red ink that surpasses most annual deficits in the nation’s history and is above the previous monthly deficit record of $738 billion in April.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senators push for max telework in next coronavirus relief package

Workforce

Federal employees may have voice in agency reopening efforts if Senate bill passes

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employees may be getting a stronger voice in what it means to return to the office during the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal Newscast

Glenn Fine, inspector general, Defense Department

Pentagon investigator appointed to guard against abuse of coronavirus money

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Pentagon’s inspector general will take the lead in trying to head off waste, fraud and abuse in the newly-passed coronavirus…

Federal Newscast

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM

Workforce

The largest federal employee union is also urging the Office of Personnel Management to allow all telework-eligible workers to begin immediately working remotely.

Brian Schatz

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Lawmakers renew calls to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Democratic lawmakers propose 5.1% average pay raise for federal employees

Bill to give TSA officers General Schedule pay gets Senate companion

Senator trying to give federal employees a raise — again

Congress reintroduces USPS reform bill to eliminate pre-funding mandate

House Democrats propose 2022 federal pay raise with new bill

Senators worried new VA accountability office appointment poses conflict of interest

OMB calls critical race theory ‘divisive, un-American,’ orders agencies to cease training

Senators push for max telework in next coronavirus relief package

Federal employees may have voice in agency reopening efforts if Senate bill passes

Pentagon investigator appointed to guard against abuse of coronavirus money

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM