ethics

While the intent of the Hatch Act provisions restricting federal workers may be sound, the result is, in effect, muzzling many federal workers and depriving them of their First Amendment rights

The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights is a little more than a year into reforms and expansion that Congress itself ordered in 2018.

Attorney Debra D’Agostino of the Federal Practice Group joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an analysis.

When the Interior Department reorganized its ethics program, it put operations inside the legal office.

Congress seems to be working hard to avoid a lapse in appropriations when the fiscal year ends in a couple of weeks. But anything can happen.

Elections are interesting times for federal workers, because there are so many risks and even some benefits.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt recently signed an executive order expanding the department’s ethics activities.

The latest Annual Agency Ethics Program Questionnaire from the Office of Government Ethics shows things are not getting any easier for employees responsible for running federal oversight programs.

The Office of Special Counsel surprised the federal community with last week’s recommendation that White House aide Kellyanne Conway get canned.