Catherine Bird

In this Sept. 4, 2018, photo, Tyler Medders of the Susanville Hot Shots keeps an eye out for embers at the North Fire near the North Fork Campgrounds in Placer County in Emigrant Gap, Calif. With nearly 40 million people living in California and development spreading into once-wild regions, some of the state's best tools toward preventing wildfires can't be widely used. Still, there is growing agreement that the state must step up its use of forest management through prescribed burns and vegetation removal in an attempt to lessen the impact of wildfires. (Jose Villegas/Sacramento Bee via AP)

Interior Department facing shortage of firefighters

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Interior Department fell short of its hiring goal for seasonal firefighters ahead of another dry season.

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Unions plot next steps on Trump workforce executive orders

Unions

telework, coronavirus

OPM is urging agencies to to consider telework and flexibilities during this week’s heat wave

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