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Lawsuit Seeks End of ‘Forced, Unpaid Labor’ During Shutdown
A Washington DC firm has filed a lawsuit seeking to end the practice of forcing certain federal employees to continue …More
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VA, AFGE Tangle over Veterans Suicide Comments
In a further sign of the deteriorating relationship between federal agencies and unions and the fraying of nerves over the …More
Employees Called More Vulnerable to Retaliation with OSC Shuttered
In a letter directed to the VA that raises an issue applicable across the government, the chairman of the House …More
Opinion | Commentary
An Avenue Around the Shutdown
The strident standoff on the government shutdown is being argued at a political level. The President’s premise, without valid and …More
Key House Panel Signals Change of Direction
The key House committee overseeing federal workplace and benefits matters has signaled the change of direction now that it is …More
GAO Urges More Attention to Risks of Major Improper Payments
In a review of five programs across three departments that had been designated as at relatively low risk of major …More
Concerns Raised about Shutdown’s Impact on Recruiting
With the partial government shutdown still underway and with no end in sight, attention already is shifting to the impact …More
Historic, Environmental Concerns Hamper VA in Shedding Excess Property
The VA faces special challenges in disposing of obsolete buildings simply because many of them are so old that they …More
No Documentation of Unpaid Status Needed for Borrowers, TSP Says
The TSP has said that while it normally requires documentation from agencies that an employee is in unpaid status for …More
FPS Doesn’t Quite Fit in DHS, Report Says
The Federal Protective Service, an entity that DHS took over in 2003, doesn’t seem to have a natural fit in …More
Mood in Government Souring as Shutdown Drags On
As the partial government shutdown that has put some 800,000 employees in non-pay status drags on into its third week, …More
Report Questions Estimates of DoD Civilian Costs
The military services’ budget requests do not always accurately represent the actual cost of their civilian workforces since their budgeted …More
Senate Report Criticizes Marshals Service
The U.S. Marshals Service suffers from “a culture of mismanagement, reckless spending, favoritism, and a general lack of accountability,” the …More
CIO, IG Acts Reintroduced
Legislation has been reintroduced in Congress (HR-247) to formally designate as the federal CIO the head of the OMB office …More
New House Leadership Proposes Stronger Ethics Laws
The new Democratic leadership in the House has introduced as priority legislation (HR-1) a series of reforms including stronger ethical …More