Shaw Bransford & Roth

  • Kirke Harper with the Public Employees Roundtable, and Jim Seymour with the Partnership for Public Service, will talk about why the week is so important. April 8, 2011

    April 08, 2011
  • The largest federal employees\' union has filing a lawsuit against the Obama administration for failing to provide details of agencies\' shutdown plans. Attorney Bill Bransford breaks it down for us.

    April 07, 2011
  • Career coach Kathryn Troutman of the Resume Place discusses the current federal hiring outlook and how to land a federal job. March 25, 2011

    March 25, 2011
  • Whistleblowers in the intel community could lose their pensions under a new bill, if they\'re caught leaking even non-classified information. We ask attorney Debra Roth if this changes what a leak is.

    March 24, 2011
  • Hosts Bill Bransford and Tony Vergnetti talks with Dexter Brooks and Jo Linda Johnson from the EEOC\'s Office of Federal Operations on their \"Annual Update on EEO Matters in the Federal Sector.\" March 11, 2011

    March 11, 2011
  • Where will you be when Twitter and the Hatch Act collide? Where SHOULD you be? We ask attorney Bill Bransford.

    March 10, 2011
  • The former government protector of whistle-blowers who admitted to criminally withholding information from Congress asked a judge to withdraw his guilty plea to avoid mandatory jail time. Attorney Debra Roth explains what\'s going on.

    February 24, 2011
  • \"A federal employee authorized to take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action may not take, fail to take, or threaten to take any personnel action against an employee because of protected whistleblowing.\" Attorney Debra Roth explains this for us.

    February 10, 2011
  • In part 3 of Federal News Radio\'s exclusive investigative series \"Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA,\" Karla Saunders weighs her options to find resolution in her three-year battle against alleged retaliation. Saunders and three other agency employees say they want to return to their original jobs and restore their reputations. SBA officials say the agency is focusing on strengthening management and oversight.

    February 09, 2011
  • In part one of the exclusive Federal News Radio series, Karla Saunders says SBA management continues to exact revenge against her for testifying on behalf of another employee about agency misconduct. Saunders says among the reprisals she has faced over the past three years is officials put her in two jobs involuntarily that she has no qualifications for. SBA officials deny any wrongdoing and say the administrator has no tolerance for waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement.

    February 07, 2011
  • The Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP) has been eliminated. What comes next and how will it affect those already in the program? These questions and more are answered on this week\'s FEDtalk. January 21, 2011

    January 21, 2011
  • The decision about what comes next for Teresa Chambers will have to come from OPM, not Interior. Attorney Debra Roth explains.

    January 13, 2011
  • Now that the Telework Enhancement Act has been passed, what comes next? Find out what agencies are expected to do now. Host Bill Bransford talks with Cindy Auten of Telework Exchange and Paul Rowson of WorldatWork. January 7, 2011

    January 07, 2011
  • Lawyer Debra Roth gives details of a lawsuit against the FBI in which plaintiffs claimed the agency was trying to push out workers over the age of 40.

    December 30, 2010
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has dismissed one of its top organic standards experts because he expressed personal opinions on technical matters. Attorney Bill Bransford explains why that may, or may not, be a problem.

    December 16, 2010