Stricter Suitability Standards: What Fed Employees Can Learn from Security Clearance Holders
On June 3. 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed rule to amend the Code of Federal …More
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For the first time ever, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to use a shutdown as …More
How to Challenge a Federal Reduction in Force (RIF) in 2025
Federal agencies have received the green light to restart mass layoffs. On July 8, the Supreme Court lifted a lower-court …More
A Pre-RIF Checklist for Every Federal Employee, From a Federal Employment Attorney (Published: )
What the End of Chevron Deference Means for Federal Employees: Attorney Justin Schnitzer’s Analysis (Published: )
What to do if a federal agency has discriminated against you (Published: )
What Losing Your Security Clearance Means for Your Federal Career (Published: )
How Marijuana Investments Could Cost You Your Security Clearance (Published: )
e-QIP vs. eAPP: What’s the Difference? (Published: )
Can I Get a Security Clearance if I Smoked Marijuana? (Published: )
A Check-in at the MSPB and Unprecedented Case Backlog: When Can Federal Employees Expect Their Cases to be Addressed? (Published: )
How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action Could Impact Federal Contractors (Published: )
Are Changes to Acquisition Law Blocking National Security and Defense Entrepreneurs? (Published: )
Foreign Contact Reporting Requirements for Security Clearance Holders (Published: )
Navigating an EEO Complaint, What Federal Employees Need to Know (Published: )
How Recent MSPB Decisions Have Reshaped the Federal Comparator Employee Framework (Published: )
Your Security Clearance: Understanding Guideline B, Foreign Influence (Published: )
What Recent Vaccine Guidance Updates Mean for Federal Contractors? (Published: )
What Federal Employees Should Know When Responding to Agency Disciplinary Actions (Published: )
How the Cancellation of 6 Billion Dollars in Student Loan Debt Will Impact Your Security Clearance (Published: )
Security Clearances and Adjudicative Guideline D: Sexual Behavior (Published: )
What Are Desk Audits? Understanding Position Classification Appeals (Published: )
Can I file an EEO complaint that involves my security clearance? Maybe. (Published: )
Will Federal Agencies Begin Enforcing the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? (Published: )
What Should the LGBTQ+ Communities Understand About Discrimination in Federal Workplaces (Published: )
New Cases Part 3: MSPB Sides with VA Whistleblower (Published: )
New Cases Part 2: MSPB Issues Another Precedential Whistleblower Decision (Published: )
How the Misuse of IT Systems Can Jeopardize a Security Clearance (Published: )
New Cases Part 1: With a Quorum, MSPB Begins Issuing Federal Sector Whistleblower Decisions (Published: )
Cybersecurity: A Whistleblower’s Paradise (Published: )
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