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Former Trump administration officials said the now-revoked Schedule F executive order would improve federal workforce accountability, while a leader at the Partnership for Public Service shared ideas for better, more meaningful workforce reforms.
July 03, 2023 -
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) reintroduced bicameral legislation to prevent presidential administrations from reclassifying federal positions outside merit system principles.
February 14, 2023 -
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management will officially repeal several workforce policies that the Trump administration finalized in 2020.
December 02, 2022 -
Like most of the public, federal employees stand by and watch as presidential administrations come and go. Every president is flawed, but they have varying degrees of success in office. Success is highly influenced by how carefully presidents prepare for their transitions to office.
November 29, 2022 -
Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.
September 29, 2022 -
If the Senate confirms her, the White House's nominee for national archivist said the veterans' record request backlog would be the “most important discrete problem” facing her.
September 23, 2022 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act cleared the House in a vote of 225-204, but timing for the Senate’s companion legislation remains uncertain.
September 15, 2022 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee said it’s “extremely concerned” about growing threats against federal employees and visitors to federal facilities.
September 14, 2022 -
Public polling shows a continuing decline in Americans' trust in government. One indicator is the number of Americans who would urge their kids to pursue a government career.
August 15, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, murdered Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen's family files a $35 million lawsuit, and GSA is offering some new help to agencies to improve cybersecurity.
August 15, 2022 -
IG offices now have the ability to use a new tagging option when publishing documents to Oversight.gov, to flag reports related to DEIA issues.
August 11, 2022 -
Text messages you send for official business on a government-issued phone are official records. Attorney John Mahoney joined Tom Temin to discuss what the Secret Service might face legally.
August 03, 2022 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.
August 02, 2022 -
Senate Democrats unveiled 12 draft appropriations bills, with a 10.1% boost for civilian agencies, and an 8.7% increase in defense spending.
July 28, 2022 -
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.
July 26, 2022