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Workforce

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.

Workforce

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

TSP

TSP board shares ‘optimistic’ timeline for resolving call center issues

Congress

Connolly NDAA amendment would put a Schedule F revival to rest

Pay

House to support 2.7% federal pay raise, Wexton says

Federal Newscast

DMV reps want to let feds use leave to get vaccinated

Benefits

Congress will let federal employees carry over more annual leave into 2021

A voter stands on a social distance marker outside the Washington County Election Center in Hagerstown, Md., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, for the first day of in-person early voting. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

Congress

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

In this May 4, 2017 photo, Melissa Jones, right, a nurse educator with Alosa Health, speaks with Dr. Dorothy Wilhelm in an exam room at a medical office in Monroeville, Pa. Jones visits medical offices in western Pennsylvania to educate doctors about new opioid prescribing guidelines. (AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson)

Federal Newscast

VA still has a slew of appointments to make up

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Benefits

Annual leave will be easily restored for 'essential' employees during pandemic, OPM says

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Congress

Annual leave carryover, new anti-discrimination safeguards for feds in House NDAA

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, a medical worker wearing personal protective equipment cleans gurneys in the emergency department intake area in New York. Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a move the Trump administration says will speed up reporting but one that concerns some public health leaders. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Federal Newscast

Senate Democrats want to secure hazard pay for frontline VA health workers

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Federal Newscast

Space Force organizational structure takes shape

Jennifer Wexton, Brenda Lawrence, Steny Hoyer

Workforce

Vacation on hold? House bill would allow feds to carry over unused annual leave

FILE - In this Thursday, April 2, 2020, file photo, workers in hazardous material suits clean inside the Abigail Hotel in San Francisco. The hotel is one of several private hotels San Francisco has contracted with to take vulnerable people who show symptoms or are awaiting test results for the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made solving the state's homelessness crisis a priority even before the pandemic struck, announced in mid-March his administration was negotiating with 900 hotels to house the homeless. Two weeks ago he announced Project Roomkey, a program in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay 75% of costs associated with housing some homeless, including people who test positive or may have been exposed to the virus, and older homeless people and those with underlying health conditions. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Federal Newscast

Lawmaker looks to secure hazard pay, extra leave for feds

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Federal Newscast

Virginia Congressmen want more telework flexibilities regardless of pandemic

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Congress

How the coronavirus stimulus bill covered federal workforce concerns

President Donald Trump takes questions during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Federal Newscast

Pressure mounting for White House to address contractor concerns during coronavirus pandemic

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Federal Newscast

TSA inches closer to putting officers on general schedule despite veto threat

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New SSA telework policies prompt criticism from employees, lawmakers

Jennifer Wexton, Brenda Lawrence, Steny Hoyer

Federal Newscast

Virginia lawmaker asks presidential candidates for plans to reinvigorate federal service

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Pay

Lawmakers begin the push for a 3.5% federal pay raise in 2021

FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Federal Newscast

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown