Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee's $100,000 scheme gets him 46 months in federal prison. And following the science, the Senate confirms POTUS's pick to lead his Office of Science and Technology Policy
May 31, 2021 -
Each year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosts a training conference for HR and EEO practitioners in both government and industry.
May 17, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that cleared the House Friday night includes a few key provisions for federal employees.
March 01, 2021 -
All 10 members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel either resigned or were removed this week. Clearing house at the panel was a major priority for federal employee unions, but reversing course from the 2018 executive orders is a more time-consuming and complex process.
February 04, 2021 -
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted along party lines last week to cancel a form of official time union representatives have long used to help their colleagues with certain kinds of discrimination cases, but two of the agency's commissioners said the policy change won't stick in the new administration and Congress.
January 11, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two House Democrats are introducing their own legislation that would give retirees a higher cost-of-living adjustment next year.
October 19, 2020 -
In a moment of reinvention in the federal workforce, the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door to improving how agencies recruit and retain employees with disabilities.
October 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees are learning a little more about the paid parental leave program.
August 11, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new executive order from the White House calls on agencies to examine contractors' use of foreign workers.
August 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have spent almost $18 billion on goods and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic from March to June, and 47% of that was not competed among vendors.
July 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Elaine McCusker, DoD’s acting comptroller and chief financial officer, will step down on June 26. She was nominated by President Trump for a permanent position, but it was revoked over reported disagreements about Ukraine.
June 17, 2020 -
Though one in seven federal employees have said they've experienced sexual harassment at work in recent years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights believes cases are vastly under-reported, due to an outdated and confusing reporting process that does little to protect or incentivize employees to come forward.
May 27, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies are starting to make some initial preparations for employees to return to the office.
April 20, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon’s inspector general will take the lead in trying to head off waste, fraud and abuse in the newly-passed coronavirus spending package.
March 31, 2020 -
For thousands of federal employees for whom travel is a part of the job, the coronavirus is a new threat.
March 04, 2020