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NAPA report details path forward for OPM, but advocates worry it’ll be easily forgotten

The National Academy of Public Administration detailed a solid path forward for the Office of Personnel Management, former agency executives and advocates…

Workforce

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

Workforce Rights/Governance

USPS exploring idea of self-driving mail trucks

Federal Newscast

Senate committee clears 2 nominees, but for now leaves MSPB’s future hanging by a thread

Workforce Rights/Governance

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)

What it’s like to work during a partial government shutdown alone. Literally.

Government Shutdown

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the sole member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, walks through the supply closet, pointing to boxes full of cases, in his office in Washington. 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)

MSPB’s only member still has to work through partial shutdown

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FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, soldiers salute the U.S. flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at a welcome home ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Fort. Carson, Colo. For veterans, the GI Bill can be the ticket to a debt-free college education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

VA makes change to payment method for Forever GI Bill benefits

Federal Newscast

A member-less MSPB more likely as Senate committee fails to clear pending nominees

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee failed to clear any of the president’s nominees to fill the Merit Systems Protection Board…

For the first time ever, MSPB could face a future with no board members

The Senate has little time left to vote on the president’s three nominees to serve as members on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). If the Senate…

Workforce Rights/Governance

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The 40-year history of the Civil Service Reform Act

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Tune in to FEDtalk on Federal News Radio, part of the Federal News Network October 13th, 2018, the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) turns 40 years old. The CSRA fundamentally changed the federal government and its workforce, spawning the majority of regulations, policies, and structures that continue to govern the day-to-day business of work within the federal government.

October 13, 2018

NAPA report details path forward for OPM, but advocates worry it’ll be easily forgotten

Congress pushes government towards a cliff

Senate forces ‘first’ for MSPB as the agency loses all members

Navy says F-35 is ready for action

Cyber spoofing attack hits Labor, Transportation Departments

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

USPS exploring idea of self-driving mail trucks

Senate committee clears 2 nominees, but for now leaves MSPB’s future hanging by a thread

What it’s like to work during a partial government shutdown alone. Literally.

MSPB’s only member still has to work through partial shutdown

VA makes change to payment method for Forever GI Bill benefits

A member-less MSPB more likely as Senate committee fails to clear pending nominees

For the first time ever, MSPB could face a future with no board members

The 40-year history of the Civil Service Reform Act

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