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Having best places to work means the government has worst places

Worst places to work in the federal government show the erosive qualities of underfunding and understaffing. Leaders have to get up on their hind legs.

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6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

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(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin allowing inmates to have visitors again in October, months after visits were suspended at the 122 federal prisons across the U.S. The visitation plan is detailed in an internal memo issued Monday, Aug. 31, and obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

The Bureau of Prisons and the challenges going into 2024

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FILE - In this May 8, 2008 file photo, blank U.S. Treasury checks are seen on a roll at the Philadelphia Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia. On Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the argument that Americans rely on the United States Postal Service for Social Security benefits is invalid because the Social Security Administration stopped mailing paper checks in 2013. The SSA encourages Americans to create digital accounts and receive their benefits electronically, but hundreds of thousands of users still count on the USPS to get their checks every month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Thousands of federal dollars in retention bonuses, are not retained in 2024

In today’s Federal Newscast: Thousands of dollars in retention bonuses, are not retained for the new year. Federal facility safety stations get their first…

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‘Who’s going to run the prison?’ Union says loss of pay bonuses at BOP facility will cause major attrition

AFGE is urging BOP to renew annual retention incentives for correctional officers at United States Penitentiary Thomson ahead of a planned end of the bonuses…

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FILE - A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New 25% retention bonuses at Bureau of Prisons only a ‘Band-Aid’ for larger staffing issues

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The American Federation of Government Employees said OPM’s approval of retention bonuses for correctional officers is a positive step, but the union remains concerned it won’t be enough to address years of understaffing.

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