Heritage Foundation

This analyst says the $15-per-hour minimum federal wage will backfire

Congress has been unwilling to go along with a national minimum wage of $15 an hour. The Biden administration imposed one for the federal workforce and…

Contracting

Ryan Estrada/U.S. Coast Guard via AP

Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, delivers the 2019 State of the Coast Guard Address at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach in San Pedro, Calif., Thursday, March 21, 2019. Strapped with an aging fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard is about to award a contract for a much-needed new icebreaker to help compete against Russia and China for a presence in the Arctic, but the service needs more funding for operations and infrastructure, its commandant said Thursday. (Seaman Ryan Estrada/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Coast Guard says 2022 budget is the right path to recapitalization

Defense

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Whistleblower protection bill gives feds facing retaliation avenue for relief outside MSPB

Agency Oversight

COVID tests our patience

Of Consuming Interest

Heritage Foundation

Civil service executive order has some supporters

Workforce

180507-A-UG256-007/William Pratt

Dana Deasy Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, May 07, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

Pentagon says it’s working now to make sure JEDI hits the ground running

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Finding the right way to get through the COVID pandemic

Of Consuming Interest

Lawmakers see paid family leave, more federal interns as viable ideas to improve talent pipeline

Workforce

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

With no quick fix in sight, MSPB careening toward ‘unprecedented’ scenario Thursday

Workforce Rights/Governance

Economic fellow argues for incentive raises versus blanket 1.9 percent boost

Federal Drive

Why agencies’ firing problems are also their hiring problems

Secretary DeVos, lawmakers: School choice for military families could improve retention

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have signed off on a proposal that would give active-duty military families federal funds to…

Defense

Tom Spoehr: Where US military faces areas of weakness

The U.S. military is still far-and-away the most powerful fighting force in the world, but it has some areas of weakness, and they’re growing weaker.

Federal Drive

FILE - In this March 27, 2008, file photo, an aerial view of the Pentagon. The Army is putting together a series of new mental health, counseling and career management programs to shape stronger, more ethical leaders. The move is an effort to grappling with an embarrassing rash of misconduct and behavior problems among senior officers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

DoD takes Future Army Commission ideas to heart

Defense

The Defense Department concurred with all of the Future of the Army Commission’s recommendations involving the Pentagon.