EEOC Decides Anonymity Policy Went a Little Too Far
The EEOC has revised a policy aimed at protecting the privacy of federal employees who bring complaints of workplace bias …More
The EEOC has revised a policy aimed at protecting the privacy of federal employees who bring complaints of workplace bias …More
Both the House and Senate have passed HR-2835, which would create a new form of preference for hiring of veterans …More
Meanwhile, OPM has told agencies to submit reports on their activities under the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program by December …More
There is an exception to a law generally barring federal employees from working on the side for a contractor in …More
The EEOC has launched a new software system designed to speed up and better track its processing of FOIA requests. …More
The SSA has a long-term goal of reducing the average initial appeals process on disability benefit applications, but that period …More
The number of non-seasonal, full-time, permanent federal employees edged downward slightly last year for the third year in a row, …More
The Justice Department has policies governing extended duty travel (ETDY) but they are outdated, do not assure that such travel …More
DoD’s Standards of Conduct Office has issued one of its occasional updates to its “Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure,” which while …More
The annual DoD authorization bill (HR-1735) takes issue with how the department is carrying out a 20 percent reduction in …More
The DoD bill also includes language to extend the probationary period for newly hired DoD employees from one year to …More
Addressing an issue that also applies to other agencies, an IG report has said that the IRS continues to over-use …More
OPM is emphasizing a slight overall improvement in employee engagement figure—a top personnel policy of the administration—in the latest results …More
The survey results also show some general improvement over 2014 in employees’ views of their leaders, both front-line and higher, …More
GSA cannot be sure that the leave balances for thousands of its employees are accurate, an IG audit has found, …More
The Office of Special Counsel has urged the White House to assure that more disciplinary actions are taken against management …More
Complaints of retaliation against whistleblowing VA employees are so numerous that the agency’s IG can’t get to them all, according …More
Access to information remains a top concern in the IG community, a survey shows in a continuation of complaints that …More
The emphasis on hiring veterans into federal jobs has put the government’s hiring practices out of balance, at the cost …More
OPM has reported that the number of SES positions in agencies has dropped by about 100 each of the last …More
GSA has issued a final rule recommending that agencies provide more details in their annual reports on transportation data for …More
Among the many downward trends in the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey in recent years is one that has not …More
The EPA has polices that identify the requirements and general process for the authorization and approval of overtime compensation but …More
The House has joined the Senate in passing HR-719, a reaction to IG findings about potential misuse of “law enforcement …More
Performance improvement plans, or PIPs, are generally required before agency management can move to discipline an employee for poor performance, …More
The House has passed HR-348, which seeks to streamline the regulatory review, environmental decision making, and permitting process for major …More
The Justice Department in 2014 spent substantially less on conferences than it did in 2010, a report says, following an …More
Senior leaders of the executive and legislative branches have differing views of the government and some deeply felt reservations about …More
An awards program sponsored by the EPA benefits from having the word “presidential” in its name but may not merit …More
The VA continues to lack assurance that it is meeting its claims processing accuracy and backlog elimination goals, an IG …More