Supreme Court

United States Merit Systems Protection Board

A progress report from the Merit Systems Protection Board

It’s been one year since the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board had a quorum, after several years without one. A big challenge for the board was…

Workforce

Working Sundays at USPS? Former mail carrier tells SCOTUS that’s against his religion

Workforce

Much of what affects your life comes from a courtroom

Federal Insights

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VA will provide ‘covered’ abortions, protect healthcare providers from state laws in new policy

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga. The Trump administration is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency issued notice Thursday it is withdrawing the “once-in always-in” policy under the Clean Air Act, which dictated how major sources of hazardous air pollutants are regulated. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)

Does that Supreme Court decision on the EPA change the agency itself?

Management

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DoD trying to educate service members about abortion options

Defense

FILE - A United States Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. Four environmental groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt further purchases. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, April 28, 2022, in federal court in California, asks a judge to order the Postal Service to conduct a more thorough environmental review before moving forward with the next-generation vehicle program. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Supreme Court rejects challenge to higher USPS rates, but regulator review ongoing

Agency Oversight

DOJ preparing guidance for agencies who provide reproductive care after Dobbs v. Jackson decision

Federal Newscast

How contractors use FOIA to spy on one another

Contracting

One Senator thinks a Roe v. Wade overturn could affect the federal workforce

Congress

FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Officers in the reserve join a legal fight for re-employment rights

Workforce Rights/Governance

Applying a systematic leadership framework to the Presidency

When President-elect John F. Kennedy asked Bob McNamara, then president of Ford Motor Company to join his cabinet, McNamara said that he didn’t know anything…

Hiring/Retention

FILE - In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. Washington health officials recommended on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that all “non-essential mass gatherings, including conferences and conventions,” be postponed or canceled through the end of March, a move that could imperil the popular Cherry Blossom Festival. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

An impending long recess will force a lot of action in Congress this week

From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there’s considerable time…

Congress

In this Monday, July 18, 2016, An Indonesian health official prepares a vaccine injection during a revaccination program for children who were earlier given fake vaccines, at a community health center in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vials of counterfeit vaccines filled with saline solution and antibiotics have been discovered at 37 hospitals and clinics in nine cities, according to the Food and Drug Agency. So far, 23 people have been arrested, including three doctors. The number of affected children is still being investigated. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Another court rules in favor of Navy sailors who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the Navy from enforcing its COVID vaccine mandate against nearly 4,000 sailors who’d filed religious exemptions.