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Democrats revive anti-Schedule F bill, with a few tweaks and a new name

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) reintroduced bicameral legislation to prevent presidential administrations from reclassifying federal…

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OPM finalizes removal of several Trump-era federal workforce policies

Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Why presidential transition planning makes or breaks an administration

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Two agencies took initial steps to implement Schedule F, GAO finds

Workforce

Biden’s pick to lead NARA eyes veterans’ request backlog, agency digitization deadline

Technology

The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Dems ‘pushing to follow suit’ after House passes bill to block any future Schedule F

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Security personnel from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, watch the vicinity around the Alexandria Federal Court in Alexandria, Va., on day one of Paul Manafort's trial, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Dems want details from Federal Protective Service in wake of rising threats

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol is seen through a display of flags on the National Mall, one day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, on Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House. But 12 months after he entered the Oval Office, many describe a coalition in crisis. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Trust in government continues to decline

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FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008. A major United Nations meeting on the landmark nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is starting Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has reanimated fears of nuclear confrontation and cranked up the urgency of trying reinforce the 50-year-old treaty. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

As Navy recruiters tread water, $100,000 bonuses land with a splash

Federal Newscast

DEIA working group aims for more ‘comprehensive’ IG research

Agency Oversight

Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News political editor, bottom right, speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meets to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2022. House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A look into the ramifications of those lost Secret Service messages

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Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.

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The U.S. Capitol Building Dome is seen before the sun rises in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats support Biden’s 4.6% federal pay raise proposal

Senate Democrats unveiled 12 draft appropriations bills, with a 10.1% boost for civilian agencies, and an 8.7% increase in defense spending.

Pay

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump stokes calls to easily fire ‘rogue bureaucrats’ from federal workforce

Workforce

Former Trump administration officials and lawmakers are revisiting several of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies affecting the federal workforce as a playbook for a possible second term.