Transportation Security Administration
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A new bill from Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) would allow federal employees to federal employees can hold onto the annual leave they may have to forfeit at the end of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Other lawmakers, including a bipartisan group of nearly 20 senators, are advocating for hazard pay for certain frontline workers.
May 06, 2020 -
The Republican Study Committee has joined a growing number of congressional members calling for hiring and pay changes designed to help the federal workforce better respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Democrats are eyeing hazard pay for frontline federal employees for the next emergency coronavirus package.
April 27, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, coronavirus cases among federal employees are piling up across the country.
April 09, 2020 -
Spreading crisis feels like a test for everybody, and feds, like all people, worry about the basics.
March 13, 2020 -
The two largest federal employee unions said Thursday steps to protect the federal workforce from the rapid spread of the coronavirus were falling short.
March 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, members of Congress are taking different approaches to make sure agency telework policies remain unhindered.
March 06, 2020 -
Warning of long lines and flight delays, the union representing Transportation Security Administration officers said airports are understaffed, officers underpaid.
March 02, 2020 -
This thin blue federal line isn't paid according to its importance.
February 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in an open letter to the Democratic candidates for president, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) asked them how they plan to rebuild the federal workforce.
February 27, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that while diversity has increased among workers at the State Department overall, that has not been the case for upper level managers.
February 26, 2020 -
The Transportation Security Administration said it won't allow employees to use the China-owned video app TikTok to create social media posts for the agency after the Senate’s top Democrat raised concerns about potential national security issues.
February 23, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Josh Hawley unveils a plan to give the Federal Trade Commission more authority to help regulate companies like Facebook and Google.
February 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Homeland Security Committee passed the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act. The bill would move screeners at the Transportation Security Administration under the General Schedule, a move that would likely mean a pay raise.
January 30, 2020 -
A group of Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), has introduced a bill that would ensure all federal employees, including those at the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration and non-judicial workers at the District of Columbia courts, have access to new paid parental leave benefits.
January 08, 2020