Randy Erwin

Forest service, Firefighter on a maintenance prescribed burn at Bitterroot National Forest

Forest Service lifts hiring pause on non-fire workforce, but plans to only fill ‘highest priority’ vacancies

The Forest Service’s restricted hiring efforts do not apply to its wildland firefighting workforce.

Hiring/Retention

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

A firefighters works to stop a wildfire in Gouveia, in the Serra da Estrela mountain range, in Portugal on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Authorities in Portugal said Thursday they had brought under control a wildfire that for almost two weeks raced through pine forests in the Serra da Estrela national park, but later in the day a new fire started and threatened Gouveia. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques)

Despite massive bipartisanship, a pay raise for federal wildland firefighters is still at risk

Pay

Bill roundup: Committee OKs Border Patrol pay raise, CBP hiring, permanent federal firefighter raise

Pay

Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building about workforce challenges for federal wildland firefighters. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

15 weeks until federal firefighters face ‘pay cliff,’ warn Forest Service, Interior officials

Pay

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), accompanied by federal wildland firefighters and union leaders, speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building.

With time running out on a temporary pay raise, federal firefighters press Congress for a permanent one

Pay

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Unions

Lawmakers renew calls to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees

Workforce

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

Federal unions have a way to locate unrepresented employees, OPM says

Unions

Under infrastructure law, federal firefighters to see increase in pay

Agencies hope to resolve growing recruitment and retention challenges for federal firefighters with a pay raise and new guidance for career paths.

Pay

Returning to the office will not solve the backlogs lawmakers are worried about

The IRS, SSA, State Department and other agencies face backlogs around citizen services, but returning to the office is not the best solution as some lawmakers…

Federal Report

USDA joins SSA in telling employees about reentry plans

Workforce

Shalanda Young, the nominee to be the director of OMB, told Senate lawmakers that agencies are on track to bring employees back to the office by March.