Army replaces height and weight tables for body composition
The Army is replacing its long-criticized height-and-weight tables and tape test with a waist-to-height ratio to measure body composition. The change follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's push for ...
8 Heinä 8min
There’s a new leader at NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new leader. Arvind Raman was sworn is as the fifth undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology on June 30th. He was confirmed by th...
7 Heinä 8min
Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules
The Trump administration is looking to tweak the rules for federal employees’ paid administrative leave. Recent proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management would give agencies more le...
6 Heinä 6min
Thrift Savings Plan fund see growth in June
The good news about your Thrift Savings Plan for June, only two funds saw month over month drops. As for the other funds, 13 of 14 experienced minimal growth of less than one percent from May to June....
2 Heinä 7min
IRS pauses removal of NTEU materials from the workplace
The IRS still doesn’t recognize a union that represents much of its workforce. But the agency has agreed it will no longer bar employees from keeping materials from the National Treasury Employees Uni...
1 Heinä 7min
New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline
Two Democrats and two Republicans have teamed up on a bill that would give military families more time to make important financial decisions after a service member dies. Endorsed by groups like Gold S...
30 Kesä 8min
Democratic lawmakers take up the fight against federal NDAs
Dozens of House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to abandon its proposal for a governmentwide non-disclosure agreement. The lawmakers say an NDA for federal employees would only serve to ...
29 Kesä 6min
Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act
A lawsuit challenging Schedule Policy/Career is doubling down on its arguments. The recently amended complaint now directly challenges the reclassifications of 8,000 federal employees earlier this mon...
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