Election Day

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Access to voting time for federal workers

Federal employees do get some extra time off on election day this fall. A reminder from the Office of Personnel Management details exactly how.

Federal Newscast

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A few Hatch Act takeaways for federal employees this election season

Workforce Rights/Governance

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Federal workforce needs to be a priority — no really, a top priority this time, advocates say

Federal Report

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So goes 2020: Post-Election Day Hatch Act guidance for feds is anything but simple

Workforce Rights/Governance

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What do federal contractors want out of the 2020 election winner?

Contracting

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in before testifying during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service agreed Wednesday, Oct. 14, to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide, settling a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock during a pandemic that is expected to force many more people to vote by mail. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

USPS operational changes had ‘significant impact’ on mail delays, watchdog finds

Agency Oversight

A man mails a letter on Saturday, August 22, 2020 in Whitehall, Ohio. Postal workers and supporters across central Ohio gathered at Post Offices across the region to protest actions by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy including the removal of sorting machines which has led to mail delivery delays in some states. Critics of these policies fear they will create delays with absentee and mail-in ballots during the upcoming general election. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

DeJoy defends USPS efforts to fix ‘broken business model’ following court rulings

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this July 7, 2020, file photo a woman wearing gloves drops off a mail-in ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J. After months of hearing President Donald Trump denigrate mail-in balloting, Republicans in the critical battleground state now find themselves far behind Democrats in the perennial push to urge their voters to vote remotely. While Democrats have doubled the number of their voters who've asked for a mail ballot compared to 2016, Republicans have only increased by about 20% since the same time. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

USPS seeks early retirements for non-union postal employees, management hiring freeze

Agency Oversight

2019 congressional agenda: What are the options?

Federal Drive

Electronic voting machines continue to cause problems for Election Day

Technology

FourSquare gets political

Technology