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Federal Newscast

New bill calls for penalizing career federal workers for policy resistance

The so-called STRAFE Act would require agencies to report any policy resistance from federal employees to the White House.

Congress

How bad would Schedule F be, anyway?

Workforce

One view of what the dreaded Schedule F would do

Federal Newscast

Public’s trust in government continues decline, survey says

Federal Report

With the election coming up, no wonder we're miserable

Commentary

Dedicated civil servants, or an out of control 'deep state?'

Federal Newscast

GAO: HHS needs to find ways to shield its scientists from political strong-arming

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
People

DeJoy: USPS in recovery but ‘uncomfortable changes’ still to come under reform plan

FILE - U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. DeJoy said Thursday, March 31, 2022, that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)
People

Postmaster General says he's been cleared in federal probe

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Veterans Affairs

VA reopening union talks after Trump era's contentious bargaining

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Unions

First pulse survey results are out and SSA didn't do too well

Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Workforce Rights/Governance

Federal employee disputes sit in limbo as MSPB nominees await confirmation

FILE - The U.S. Capitol in Washington is shown on Dec. 29, 2020. Saule Omarova, 55, was nominated this month to be the nation’s next comptroller of the currency. If confirmed, she would be the first woman and person of color to run the 158-year-old agency. Omarova will appear in front of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 as part of her nomination. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Management

One other thing in government is growing about as fast as the national debt

FILE - Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 2, 2020. Carvajal is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that uncovered widespread problems at the agency, including a recent story detailing serious misconduct involving correctional officers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP, File)
People

US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure

A Metropolitan Police Department cruiser blocks a street near the U.S. Capitol and a Library of Congress building in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, as law enforcement officials investigate a report of a pickup truck containing an explosive device. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Federal Newscast

Calls for Capitol Police inspector general to publish reports

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Hiring/Retention

OPM looks to repeal federal workforce policies impacted by Trump executive order

FILE - In this May 11, 2015, file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Biden administration has affirmed a Trump administration interpretation of high-level radioactive waste that is based on the waste's radioactivity rather than how it was produced. The U.S. Department of Energy announcement last week means some radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production stored for decades in Idaho, Washington and South Carolina could be reclassified and moved for permanent storage elsewhere. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
Facilities/Construction

Biden administration affirms Trump era interpretation for high-level nuclear waste

Federal workforce
Agency Oversight

Should the Office of Special Counsel have more Hatch Act enforcement power?

In this Jan. 23, 2015, photo, wild horses are seen during a BLM tour in the Pine Nut Mountains just outside of Dayton, Nev. Under the threat of another legal battle, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has quietly pulled the plug on a public-private partnership in northern Nevada aimed at shrinking the size of a wild horse herd through the use of contraceptives, according to documents The Associated Press obtained on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Hiring/Retention

How can BLM manage with many vacancies after headquarters relocation?

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service" before the November election. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
People

Biden seeks to replace 2 Trump picks on USPS Board of Governors

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People

Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act

Jeff Neal
Commentary

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau's release Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, of detailed population and demographic changes in each state will kick off the once-a-decade redistricting process that plays a large role in determining which party controls state legislatures and the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Congress

Proposed deal could end fight over 2020 census documents

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