Pay & Benefits
VA Enables Vets to Discuss Marijuana Use With Doctors Without Losing Benefits
Department still prohibited from prescribing cannabis.
Management
Agencies Can Indefinitely Suspend Indicted Feds, Court Rules
Grand jury indictment will now allow agencies to skirt certain due process rules.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Avoid Shutdown, But Larger Threat Looms in the New Year
Cuts to federal employees' pay and benefits could serve to offset funding boosts in a spending deal.
Management
Congress Sends Trump a Measure Delaying the Shutdown Threat Until January
Continuing resolution would provide funding through Jan. 19.
Management
Congress Has a Plan to Avoid a Shutdown, But Is Still Working on the Votes
Democrats still say they will not support the measure to fund agencies through Jan. 19.
Management
Congress Removes Some Roadblocks, But Path to Avoiding a Shutdown Still Unclear
Lawmakers were still sorting out their next steps just two days before the spending deadline.
Pay & Benefits
Oversight Democrat Asks White House to Release Plans for 'Massive' Agency Downsizing
To date, the reorganizations have received "virtually no oversight by Congress," Cummings says.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Administration Seeks Outside Help to Hire 26,000 New Immigration Enforcement Personnel
CBP just awarded a separate $300 million contract for Border Patrol hiring assistance.
Management
ICE Detainees Face Inhumane Conditions, IG Finds
Illegal strip searches, rotten food and a lack of toilet paper number among the improper conditions.
Management
Trump’s Top Management Nominee Pledges Workforce Reforms, More Strategic Cuts
Would-be third ranking OMB official says workforce attrition is harmful.
Management
Report: Trump To Freeze Federal Civilian Pay in 2019
White House budget guidance orders DHS to cut border security technology, freeze law enforcement pay, and ramp up wall funding 79 percent.
Management
Democrats Poised to Block Latest GOP Plan to Avoid Shutdown
House Republicans want to give the Pentagon a boost while keeping domestic agencies on autopilot.
Management
Top DoJ Official: Our Employees, Even Those Probing Trump Campaign, May Express Political Views
Deputy attorney general pushes back on Republicans who claim conflicts of interest at Justice.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury Taps Federal Pensions, TSP G Fund Investments to Avoid Debt Default
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the extraordinary measures this week.
Pay & Benefits
See Who Would Get Furloughed in a 2017 Shutdown
This chart details the updated furlough rates at each federal agency.
Oversight
Defense Unleashes 1,200 Auditors for First Ever Financial Review
After decades of false starts, the Pentagon has finally declared itself audit ready.
Management
EPA Promises Not to Silence Scientists, Pushes Review of Climate Change Assumptions
Pruitt pledges public EPA debate next year on human role in climate change.
Pay & Benefits
Tillerson Promises No Layoffs at State
Reducing staffing by 8 percent could prove difficult amid thousands of hiring freeze exceptions.
Management