Gerry Connolly

Former senior officials join rising calls for an alternative to Schedule F

Along with warning of what they said would be a dangerous return of Schedule F, the group called on Congress to enact reforms to modernize the civil service.

Workforce

OPM defends rule to hamper Schedule F’s return, backs telework amid return to office push

Workforce

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles. That keeps the Postal Service on track for taking delivery of the first of the electric- and gas-powered delivery vehicles next year. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that the completion of an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act is an important milestone for postal carriers who’ve soldiered on with overworked delivery trucks that went into service from 1987 to 1994. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Lawmakers troubled by data dearth of USPS trucking contractors’ accidents, fatalities

Federal Newscast

Lawmakers urging expanded IVF coverage for FEHB enrollees

Open Season

Some lawmakers offer more teeth to Biden’s Schedule F takedown

Federal Newscast

Senate to take $100M back from TMF, $10M from USDS

Budget

Hatch Act, political activity, elections

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

GSA CIO, IG spar over purchase of China-made video conferencing cameras

Cybersecurity

AFGE rallies for 7.4% federal employee pay raise, spending deal to avoid government shutdown

Pay

3 takeaways from the FITARA 17 scorecard roundtable

Reporter's Notebook

New cloud category sinks FITARA scores, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Technology

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Democrats are once again turning their attention to next year’s federal pay raise, but under the current continuing resolution, many agencies are trying…

Pay

‘Telework is not one-size-fits-all’: Agencies defend hybrid work for feds in front of House lawmakers

Left unsatisfied with the telework data available from agencies, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee pressed harder on a handful…

Congress

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering a document the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of a Donald Trump aide during the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Future FBI headquarters coming to Greenbelt, Maryland, GSA decides

Facilities/Construction

A decade-long disagreement over where to build a new headquarters for the FBI is now settled. Federal officials confirmed Wednesday night that the General Services Administration has selected Greenbelt as the future home of the FBI headquarters.