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Agencies Strip Union of Office Space, Attempt to Charge Rent
Social Security’s Office of Hearing Operations unilaterally stripped NTEU of its office space, while Health and Human Services has proposed the union begin paying rent.
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IRS Spent Nearly $400 Million for Scant Progress in Collecting Overseas Taxes
Watchdog finds incomplete taxpayer compliance, but agency defends broader effort.
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Trump Pardons Men Who Inspired Armed Occupation of Federal Facility
The Hammonds were indicted on charges of threatening a federal employee and damaging federal property.
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Analysis: Brett Kavanaugh Is Devoted to the Presidency
Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court has been deeply shaped by the needs and mores of the executive branch.
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What Next For The EPA? Here’s What Reagan Did
After two years of turmoil at the EPA in the 1980s, President Reagan hit the reset button, choosing a Republican who supported environmental protection to head the agency.
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Want To Love Your Job? Read This Article
There is no such thing as a bad job if you're playing the game of work with verve.
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Appointee Watch: Movement at Consumer Bureau, More Ambassadorial Nominations
Trump has recently announced a number of picks to be inspectors general, as well as key posts at Energy.
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Job References Often Lie. Ask These Questions To Make Them Tell The Truth
There’s an easy way to ensure references don’t sugar-coat candidates, without making anyone uncomfortable.
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The IRS Doesn’t Know How To Get In Touch With American Expats. But It Can Revoke Their Passports
According to a 2015 report, "IRS data systems are not designed to accommodate the different styles of international addresses."
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8 Leadership Questions for Sara Ratcliff
The executive director of the Federal Chief Human Capital Officers Council shares some hard-won lessons in leadership.
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Which Company Will Test the DNA of Separated Families?
And other unanswered questions about the HHS’s new plan to reunite migrants separated at the border.
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The Scramble To Reunite Immigrant Kids With Their Families Is A Case Study In Poor Project Management
The HHS plans to review the files of 12,000 children in its care, by hand.
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10 Ways to Get Good Advice from Federal Advisory Committees
Agencies devote considerable effort to planning, scheduling and staffing thousands of committees. Here’s how to get the most out of that effort.
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Pence Slams 'Abolish ICE' Movement, Calls for End to Attacks on Agents
Criticisms of ICE by Democrats "have to stop," the vice president says.
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Can You Tell the Difference Between the Trump and Obama Management Agendas?
See how you do on this pop quiz.
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Did Scott Pruitt Remake the EPA?
The agency is smaller, poorer, and less driven by science. But “I don’t think there is a big Pruitt legacy,” one legal scholar said.
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Scott Pruitt’s Replacement Knows His Way Around Washington
As a result, Andrew Wheeler may prove far more effective in advancing the Trump administration's agenda for EPA.
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OPM Issues Guidance on Executive Orders, But Many Questions Remain
Agencies are instructed not to violate existing collective bargaining agreements, but that will be tricky.
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Trump Admin Says It Will Comply With Court Order to Reunite Families Separated at the Border
Agency officials claim they have a handle on a situation others have described as "chaotic."
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