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
USPS' Pay for Performance System Isn't Rewarding Top Performing Employees
Workers are being punished for their colleagues' shortcomings.
Pay & Benefits
Bill to Boost VA Hiring, Private Care Heads to Trump's Desk
Measure will provide $3.9 billion in emergency funds to VA.
Pay & Benefits
There's No Proven Need for Trump's Mandated Hiring Spree at Homeland Security, IG Says
Two agencies would need 1.2 million applicants to fulfill Trump's request, given current hiring and attrition rates.
Management
How Trump’s White House Shakeup Will Affect DHS
Lawmakers and employee groups press administration to move quickly in finding a new secretary.
Pay & Benefits
Republicans Take First Shots at Slashing Individual Federal Employees’ Salaries
"Where does this end?" asks Democratic lawmaker, who called process an "abuse of federal employees."
News
Education Department Cannot Elaborate on Trump’s Donation
Few details about how the agency will spend the president’s $100,000.
Pay & Benefits
As Trump Pledges to Triple Private Care for Vets, Congress Struggles to Save VA Program
Democrats, vets groups seek to boost private and governmental care simultaneously.
Pay & Benefits
Initial House ‘Minibus’ Spending Bill Would Trigger Sequester
Measure would exceed caps without a budget deal to override them.
Management
Alleged Retaliation Against Senior Executives Prompts Bipartisan Concern
One senator will request an investigation into controversial reassignments.
Management