Senior Executives Association

Senior Executives Association’s outgoing president describes org’s changes

The Senior Executives Association hired Gregory Brooks to fill a new executive director role after the association’s president for the past two years Bob…

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Senior federal employees also have reason to be glad the Merit Systems Protection Board is back in business

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FILE - Light from the morning sun illuminates the Senate side of the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 3, 2021. The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to void a Biden administration regulation that requires businesses with 100 or more workers have their workers vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A history of the Merit Systems Protection Board and its relevance today

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A new way for senior executives to get professional recognition

Workforce

Time for government, industry to meet in person again

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President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, on his administrations plans to lower the costs of prescription drugs, letting Medicare negotiate drug prices, capping how much seniors and people with disabilities have to pay for drugs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After year-long hiatus, Biden names 230 winners for Presidential Rank Awards

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Biden will now require vaccines for all federal employees via new executive order

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021 file photo, Sarah Gonzalez of New York, a Nurse Practitioner, displays a COVID-19 vaccine card at a New York Health and Hospitals vaccine clinic in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Workers in New York City-run hospitals and health clinics will have to get vaccinated or get tested weekly under a policy announced Wednesday, July 21, to battle a rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Agencies shouldn’t ask federal employees for vaccination proof, task force says

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United States Merit Systems Protection Board

Biden taps MSPB acting executive as final nominee to fill the board

Workforce Rights/Governance

Whistle blower or whistleblower concept as a symbol of a secret informer agent posing as an employee with his cast shadow of a whistle as a metaphor for inside infoermation on misconduct in a 3D illustration style.

Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say

Workforce Rights/Governance

Biden’s diversity and inclusion EO highlights struggling federal internship program

Workforce

FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Fewer executives, bigger bucks?

Would taxpayers get more bang for their buck if federal agencies slashed 60% of their executive workforce while tripling the pay of those who remained…

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After pandemic telework, are agency relocations dead?

Relocations in the federal government have received a bit of a bad rap lately, and a recent survey and research shows agencies often struggle to track…

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White House running out of time to restore functionality to MSPB, congressmen warn

Workforce Rights/Governance

Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee are calling on the Biden administration to quickly nominate qualified members to the Merit Systems Protection Board.