In a bit of progress for regular order, the House last week managed to pass its version of the National Defense Authorization Act. And, members will get down to the 2023 spending bills this week.
The House will consider several workforce-related amendments to the 2023 Defense Authorization Act, including bringing TSA employees under Title 5.
TSA is confronting turnover challenges as air travel approaches pre-pandemic levels.
The reforms come after unpublished reports showed cases of sexual harassment, domestic violence and other misconduct being overlooked at DHS law enforcement components.
Most senior leaders at TSA are white and male, despite the agency having one of the most diverse workforces in government.
The bill would bring 60,000 TSA employees, including transportation security officers, under the same personnel system as other federal employees under Title 5 of U.S. Code.
In today's Federal Newscast, some Interior Department employees will see their remote work options expand.
Norman Mineta, who as federal transportation secretary ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, has died
Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review names Sanjay Gupta, the former SBA CTO, as its new CIO.
The rebuilding ot the Merit Systems Protection Board represents a commitment not only to federal employees but to the law itself.
The Small Business Administration is planning to shed the equivalent of more than 3,400 full-time employees as part of its budget request for fiscal 2023.
The Biden is asking Congress to bring TSA employees pay and benefits in line with much of the rest of the federal workforce.
In today's Federal Newscast: Federal agency CIOs are finalizing plans to create and fund a zero-trust architecture. A former head of the TSA has died. And you can now sport ombre nails while in a Marine Corps uniform.
The American Federation of Government Employees is at odds with TSA Administrator David Pekoske over what the union says is an unnecessary delay in expanding collective bargaining for the approximately 50,000 airport screeners who work for TSA.
The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment's report builds on goals from the President's Management Agenda to reinforce unions as a way to strengthen the federal workforce, marking a polar opposite approach from the previous administration.