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Workforce Rights/Governance

OPM delivers final rule on paid administrative leave, 8 years after law was passed

OPM said the years of delay on the administrative leave final rule came after “certain issues” arose in public comments on the proposed regulations in 2017.

Workforce

EPA scientists retaliated against over chemical safety disagreements, watchdog finds

Management

Interior's scientific integrity policy doesn't sit well with some scientists

Hiring/Retention

Lawsuit urges OPM to end 7-year delay to keep feds off indefinite paid administrative leave

Agency Oversight

Some EPA employees are happy with their new labor agreement

Workforce

Federal employee whistleblower complaints to OSC fall by nearly half over 5 years

Workforce

Paid administrative leave still plagues the federal workforce

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Senior Counsel

Federal Drive

Group says lawsuit pushed FAA to implement air traffic management plan for parks

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Federal Drive

PEER challenges legality of NPS operations deputy appointment

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Federal Drive

Organizations team up to produce survival guide for government whistleblowers

In a Sunday, July 16, 2017 photo, Justin Cawiezel, chief ranger at the Scotts Bluff National Monument, listens to questions from students in Afghanistan while Park Ranger Lesley Gaunt, lead interpreter, makes sure students and Cawiezel can see and hear each other. Park Superintendent Dan Morford, lead interpreter Lesley Gaunt and Chief Ranger Justin Cawiezel were at the Scotts Bluff National Monument on Sunday to give more than 60 Afghan students a virtual tour through an iPad. (Irene North/The Star-Herald via AP)

Federal Drive

Employee group concerned about cuts to Park Service training

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 16: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke talks to journalists outside the White House West Wing before attending a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump August 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. Zinke said the historic wild fires in the west are caused by mismanaged public lands and "environmental terrorists groups" that work to prevent logging and clearing dead trees and debris that fuel fires. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Agency Oversight

Zinke's temporary filling of political positions ‘remains murky,’ says public employees group

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Federal Drive

Jeff Ruch: Thousands of public comments on OMB's proposed regulation cuts go missing

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Federal Drive

Jeff Ruch: Federal scientists advocate for greater transparency