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Agency Oversight

OPM hasn’t finalized regulations for Administrative Leave Act, 6 years after Congress enacted it

OPM said the holdup on issuing final regulations is due to a conflict with rest and recuperation leave, but proponents of the legislation voiced frustrations with the years-long delay.

Defense

Army starting probe into new military housing issue reports, lawmakers want answers from other services

Agency Oversight

Senate committee approves USPS board picks committed to 10-year reform plan

Reporter's Notebook

Policy winners and losers in the Defense authorization bill

Agency Oversight

USPS forecasts push back timeline of when it expects to run out of cash

Agency Oversight

House, Senate lawmakers urge USPS to reassess expected losses from coronavirus

Federal Newscast

Senate Democrats want hearing on how agencies have responded to the coronavirus pandemic

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Federal Newscast

Agencies spending more on governmentwide contracts than ever before

Federal Newscast

Senators call on White House to fill DHS vacancies

Donald Trump

Management

Helpful guidance or 'bureaucratic abuse?' Implementation is key for Trump's new executive orders

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Workforce

What's taking so long on those new administrative leave options?

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Inspector general community launches new online reporting tool for whistleblowers

The United States Postal Service headquarters is seen in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Agency Oversight

Postal regulation nominees: USPS faces 'very real threat' to long-term viability

Donald Trump

Explainers

The path forward for Trump's proposed federal retirement cuts in 2020

ban the box

Hiring/Retention

House oversight committee approves 'ban the box' bill for agencies, contractors

GAO

Agency Oversight

GAO ticks DoD supply chain management, weather satellite data gaps off high-risk list

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the sole member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, walks through the supply closet, pointing to boxes full of cases, in his office in Washington. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Workforce Rights/Governance

Senate forces 'first' for MSPB as the agency loses all members

In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 photo medicated High Chew edibles are shown on display and offered for sale at the cannabis-themed Kushstock Festival at Adelanto, Calif. Utah lawmaker Sen. Jim Dabakis drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of an upcoming vote on a proposition that would legalize the medical use of marijuana in his state for individuals with qualifying medical conditions. Salt Lake City TV station KUTV reports Dabakis wanted to try cannabis before the vote. Dabakis selected an edible gummy bear for the test, saying legislators should at least try marijuana before it's up for vote next month. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Federal Newscast

Federal employees can still be fired for accidentally eating marijuana edibles

Ron Johnson

Federal Newscast

Senate bill would make it harder for political appointees to become civil servants

MSPB

Workforce Rights/Governance

For the first time ever, MSPB could face a future with no board members

Ron Johnson

Reorganization

Senate oversight committee settles differences with government reorganization bill

FILE- In this Sept. 3, 2018, file photo an American flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Thursday, Sept. 13, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for August. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Reorganization

Bill authorizing government reorganization now has a House companion

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., questions Alex Azar during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, to consider Azar's nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Reorganization

Senate Democrats warn of 'food fight' over government reorganization without legislative buy-in

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