Pay & Benefits
Congress Looks to Crack Down on Feds Taking Time Off to Campaign
House and Senate leaders ask agencies for data on employees taking leave for union activity.
Pay & Benefits
Secret Service Walks Back Blaming Trump for Shorting Employees’ Pay
The agency is not paying agents for overtime who have already hit their annual pay caps.
Oversight
Watchdog Doesn't Know How White House Determines Who Gets Ethics Waivers
Waivers allow staff to weigh in on issues they worked on for former employers and clients.
Management
With No Confirmed Director, OPM Could Struggle to Implement Trump’s Agenda
‘Clearly, it’s a problem,’ a former director says.
Pay & Benefits
Peace Corps to Cut 20 Percent of Its Workforce
Trump requirements to slash jobs led to 'challenging' changes and 'difficult decisions,' acting director says.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Officials Say Privately They Are 'Pretty Certain' Layoffs Are Coming
Agencies are asking OPM with help to RIF, assist workers to find new jobs.
Management
How Trump Can Successfully Reorganize the Government
If the White House turns implementation over to "careerists" at OMB, "it will never happen," former personnel director says.
Management
Contractors Begin Early Shutdown Preparations
Private firms are already ahead of the government in their planning, experts say.
Oversight
CBP Administered Polygraphs to Applicants Already Admitting Drug Smuggling, Human Trafficking
The agency wasted $5 million giving exams to candidates it should have already deemed unsuitable, IG says.
Pay & Benefits
EPA Employees Are Earning Emergency Premium Pay Without Justification
The agency is not ensuring there is actually an emergency, IG says.
Management
USPS Losses Grow to $2.1 Billion in Third Quarter
Shipping revenue isn’t growing fast enough to offset declines in regular mail.
Oversight
Defense Contractor Billed Government for Porsches, Million-Dollar Salaries and Secret Guns
Senator calls for heads to roll at the Pentagon over new report of questionable spending.
Pay & Benefits
New Labor Contract Will Give 200K Postal Workers a Raise, but Trim Their Benefits
USPS called it a win for agency, public and employees.
Management
House to Consider Remaining Eight Spending Bills in One Package After Recess
Lawmakers have until Oct. 1 to avoid a shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Passes Bill to 'Crack Down' on Feds Spending Improperly
Measure would also help agencies negotiate better prices on their purchases, senators say.
Oversight
Court Forces Agencies to Come Clean on Mid-Century Purge of Gay Feds
Between 7,000 and 10,000 LGBT federal employees lost their jobs in the 1950s, group says.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Administration, Reversing Trend, Sheds 11,000 Federal Employees in Six Months
Agencies had gained 50,000 feds during Obama’s last two years.
Management
Why Americans Wait Two Years to Have Their Social Security Claims Heard
Budget, staffing and system issues bog down the system at SSA.
Pay & Benefits
Social Security Offers Nearly Its Entire Workforce Early Retirement
About one-quarter of employees would be eligible to take advantage of the offer.
Pay & Benefits