Federal workers who telework one day a week could lose locality pay
Federal employees who telework at least once a week would lose locality pay under a new House bill. Under the Federal Employee Return to Work Act, teleworking employees would receive "Rest of U.S." lo...
12 Jan 20256min
Incoming House Foreign Affairs committee puts hold on State Dept & USAID project funds
The new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is putting a hold on hundreds of millions of dollars for the State Department and the U-S Agency for International Development. Chairman Brian M...
10 Jan 20257min
OPM clarifies rules for political appointees resigning on Inauguration day
Political appointees who are resigning on Inauguration Day later this month have some special rules to pay attention to. A new memo from the Office of Personnel Management details how pay, benefits an...
9 Jan 20255min
AFGE files unfair labor practice against Bureau of Prisons
The American Federation of Government Employees filed an unfair labor practice against the Bureau of Prisons for its decision to close seven facilities. AFGE says this decision impacts more than 400 u...
7 Jan 20255min
Partial payouts for 2015 OPM data breach
The federal government is only paying out a small fraction of the settlement funds it set aside for victims of the 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach. A federal courtin October 2022 final...
7 Jan 20257min
Opening day for the 119th Congress
The 119th Congress begins today and several key Senate committee federal workforce committees have new leaders. At the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, former chairman, Gary Peter...
6 Jan 20255min
D.C. Mayor Bowser and President-elect Trump meet about underutilized federal buildings
President-elect Donald Trump and D-C Mayor Muriel Bowser agree the federal government has more office space than its employees currently need. Bowser says her recent meeting with Trump centered on the...
3 Jan 20256min
Oklahoma Senator takes aim at waste and fraud
Two new bills from Senator James Lankford are aimed to recovering improper payments from two large programs. The first bill, the Fraudulent COVID Funds Recovery Act, would extend the statute of limita...
31 Dec 20245min
