Office of Special Counsel

House-passed oversight package would expand federal employee whistleblower protections

The 174-page bill, which the House passed earlier this week along party lines, expands federal employee whistleblower protections and updates the 80-year-old…

Agency Oversight

Should the Office of Special Counsel have more Hatch Act enforcement power?

Agency Oversight

The Hatch Act: A tiger with no teeth?

Federal Report

Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act

People

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ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

Pay

VA accountability office says it’s improved, but whistleblowers aren’t so sure

Veterans Affairs

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Appeals court upholds whistleblower precedent in complex but consequential case for feds

Workforce Rights/Governance

After years of complaints, House committee considering changes to VA accountability office

Veterans Affairs

Former HUD official faces punishment for Hatch Act violation during Trump administration

Federal Newscast

MAGA hats sit on empty seats during an election watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

OSC: Election isn’t settled but feds can wear political attire again

Federal Newscast

Judges wooden gavel resting on a law book in a courtroom conceptual of judgements, crime, punishment, and justice

So goes 2020: Post-Election Day Hatch Act guidance for feds is anything but simple

Workforce Rights/Governance

Ivanka Trump, right, and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, left, speak with a farming family during a visit to the North Carolina State Farmers Market in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

USDA Secretary in hot water for talking politics on a work trip

In today’s Federal Newscast, a cabinet secretary gets a bill and a slap on the wrist for a recent alleged Hatch Act violation.

Federal Newscast

Many feds do care about the Hatch Act. But the law allows others to shrug it off.

Violating the Hatch Act can cost federal employees their jobs, but the law leaves enough room for top officials in White House — regardless of the administration…

Federal Report

President Donald Trump arrives to listen to first lady Melania Trump speak during the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Official word: The Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast: Special Counsel Henry Kerner said the Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence, the Post Office lost $1 billion dollars last month and a missing Fort Hood soldier is found dead.