Merit Systems Protection Board

Now that it has a quorum, a progress report from the Merit Systems Protection Board

After several years of vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board has its full complement of three members,

Workforce Rights/Governance

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Do arbitrators go easy on federal employees who challenge being fired?

Unions

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You’re fired! No, you’re not. Hold it, wait a minute…

Federal Report

The ‘Preventing a Patronage System Act’ can preserve a merit-based civil service

Commentary

The American flag flies at half-staff in honor of President George H. W. Bush at Walker's Point, the Bush's summer home, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The federal workforce: Two million, or just you?

Federal Report

The Public Service Reform Act would wreck the civil service

Commentary

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Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

Congress

FILE - In this image from video, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on April 23, 2020. Pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market. Public anger over congressional stock trading has mounted since the first tremors of the pandemic. (House Television via AP, File)

New bill would abolish MSPB, create ‘at-will’ federal employees

Workforce

MSPB making ‘good headway’ through case backlog, acting chairwoman Harris says

Workforce

A reminder for federal employees who itch to run for political office. Don’t.

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

Federal Newscast

Proof the tiny MSPB matters big

The rebuilding ot the Merit Systems Protection Board represents a commitment not only to federal employees but to the law itself.

Federal Report

FILE - In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. Washington health officials recommended on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that all “non-essential mass gatherings, including conferences and conventions,” be postponed or canceled through the end of March, a move that could imperil the popular Cherry Blossom Festival. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

An impending long recess will force a lot of action in Congress this week

From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there’s considerable time…

Congress

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

Federal Newscast

The Small Business Administration is planning to shed the equivalent of more than 3,400 full-time employees as part of its budget request for fiscal 2023.