Carolyn Maloney
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wants the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to take on new fiduciary responsibilities, while a bipartisan pair in the House is eyeing retirement reforms for former temporary and seasonal employees.
July 07, 2021 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Tuesday advanced two bills aimed, in part, at addressing the impacts of the four-year lack of quorum at the Merit Systems Protection Board.
June 29, 2021 -
House Democrats argue the pandemic has shown the need for paid family and medical leave, but Republicans say the benefits federal employees have are already too generous.
June 24, 2021 -
The House of Representatives will likely go along with the president's 2.7% federal pay raise for civilian employees next year, a House Democrat said Tuesday. The House Appropriations Committee will release the text for a key 2022 bill later this week.
June 22, 2021 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would prevent the White House, as the Trump administration proposed, from moving federal jobs outside the competitive service without approval from Congress.
May 26, 2021 -
The Postal Service Reform Act, at least as it's currently written, proposes significant structural changes to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. An employee advocacy group worries the bill could raise premiums for federal employees and retirees.
May 25, 2021 -
The best shot for Congress to pass comprehensive postal reform legislation just get better, with a bipartisan coalition of 20 senators introducing companion legislation to a bill soon headed for a House vote.
May 20, 2021 -
The 2021 Postal Service Reform Act has support from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Republicans on the committee. Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) are cosponsors of the bill.
May 13, 2021 -
The committee will markup the 2021 Postal Service Reform Act in a meeting this Thursday. Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) previewed her bill at a hearing in February, and got Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s feedback on some of its key points.
May 11, 2021 -
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced new legislation designed to make presidential records more easily searchable and accessible.
March 15, 2021 -
Federal human capital challenges are the root cause behind two-thirds of the broad topics on the Government Accountability Office's biennial high-risk list. And while GAO removed one program from the list, some areas have regressed.
March 02, 2021 -
Leave has been a hot commodity for federal employees in the pandemic. Congress has made a handful of attempts to add, preserve or clarify paid leave for feds during the health crisis. Now, there's a new effort.
February 15, 2021 -
Three House committee chairmen have introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, which would allow government workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a sick family member or themselves.
January 28, 2021 -
President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to repeal at least four Trump-era executive orders that limited collective bargaining and stripped certain job protections from career federal employees.
January 22, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two House lawmakers want to close what they call are loop holes for senior government officials when they leave federal service for the private sector.
January 13, 2021