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In today's Federal Newscast: A $17 billion dollar budget for CBP means a bigger border focus. The Merit Systems Protection Board releases a report on sexual harassment at federal agencies. And feedback is needed on how federal employees pay their union dues.
Congress released the text of a massive government spending package for fiscal 2023, which includes an increase of $42.5 billion in non-defense spending and an increase of $76 billion in defense spending over enacted 2022 levels. But just a few days remain to pass the legislation and avoid either a government shutdown or another continuing resolution.
Though the compromise version of the 2023 NDAA removes language preventing a revival of Schedule F, the bill includes provisions to expand workers’ compensation for federal firefighters and create an online directory of political appointees.
New regulations from the Office of Personnel Management will officially repeal several workforce policies that the Trump administration finalized in 2020.
What federal managers need to know better to handle OSC investigations.
Agencies can automate a lot, but not the process of deciding who's right in workplace prohibited practices.
After several years of vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board has its full complement of three members,
Union arbitrators routinely reinstate fired federal employees who grieve their dismissals according to an analysis of cases conducted by a think tank.
The case of a dismissed VA chaplain shows how long it can take to resolve an appealed firing.
Congress is considering bills that would preserve the merit-based civil service as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. There are at least two approaches being considered — one that originated in the House, and another that originated in the Senate.
Sometimes working along can be downright pleasant. Sometimes you're all by yourself pursuing injustice.
A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives, titled the Public Service Reform Act, is not about public service and is certainly not reform. Rather than addressing accountability or hiring and pay challenges, the bill would make all federal workers at-will employees. The result would be a civil service that is little more than two million political appointees.
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.
Republican lawmakers are once again making a push that would allow the government to fire bureaucrats more easily.