Management

Flexibility or More Money? Lawmakers Push Competing Bills to Help TSA Overcome Long Lines

Bills would attempt to address the wait time crisis.

Oversight

Was a Senator’s Report on Waste in Federal Science Grants More Wasteful Than the Research Itself?

Scientists and agency officials say Hill report does not present a full and accurate picture of their projects and the merits of their work.

Pay & Benefits

Postal Unions Extend Deadline to Avoid Impasse in Labor Talks

Groups are fighting for better pay and "work culture."

Management

Does TSA Have Itself to Blame for Its Current Crisis?

The agency's own budget requests have fallen precipitously in recent years.

Oversight

Powerful House Republicans Endorse Major Funding Increase for USPS Regulator

Conservatives show rare support for an Obama proposal to boost spending.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmaker: Let D.C.-Area Feds Telework Due to Metro Disruptions

OPM says it is finalizing guidance to that effect to respond to year-long maintenance project.

Management

Debate Over LGBT Discrimination at Federal Contractors Leads to Shouting Match on House Floor

Democrats outraged as Republicans decline to codify Obama executive order.

Pay & Benefits

New Bill Would Give 30K Feds Enhanced Retirement Benefits

Measure would fix "loophole" in current law, proponents say.

Oversight

EPA: We Can't Prevent Sex Offenders From Interacting With the Public

Agency officials say they have been tougher on discipline, but lawmakers deplore paying "pervert" $55,000 to leave government.

Management

Should Federal Agencies Stop Researching Drunk Birds to Fund the Zika Response?

Obama battles Congress for emergency funding as agencies prepare for outbreak.

Pay & Benefits

USPS Supervisors Are Doing Work Reserved for Unionized Employees, Costing Agency Millions

Bargaining unit employees are collecting thousands of dollars for work they didn’t do.

Management

Trump to Federal Employee Union: ‘I Have Your Back’

Presumptive Republican nominee promises to listen to rank and file in setting policy.

Management

Trump’s VA Privatization Plan, Feds Donating to Clinton and More From the Campaign Trail

Meanwhile, Sanders and Clinton are in lockstep opposition to proposed DHS actions.

Management

TSA Chief Promises More Staffing, Better Accountability

Committee members grill administrator, but suggest he’s moving in the right direction.

Oversight

House to Unveil Smaller-Scale Postal Reform Proposal ‘Soon’

Oversight committee Democrats and Republicans are ‘pretty united,’ want to avoid ‘heartache.’