Pay & Benefits
EPA Circumvents Bonus Caps by Awarding Vacation Days
Highest-ranked employees received the most time off, IG finds.
Management
NIH Works to Prevent Sexual Harassment Among Federally Funded Researchers
Agency has already taken some recommended steps but others will take longer, director says.
Management
Organizations Are Improperly Offering Yoga Classes and $20K Weddings in National Parks
"Learning centers" should reimburse the National Park Service for federal funds they received, auditor says.
Management
How Talking to the Elderly and Assessing Air Quality Could Help USPS Grow Revenue
The Postal Service is pursuing opportunities, but such efforts are more likely to benefit society writ large than the agency's finances.
Management
Trump Signs 2020 Spending Bills, Averting Midnight Shutdown
The $1.4 trillion measures boost funding for most agencies and provide a 3.1% pay raise to civilian feds.
Management
Senate Passes Bill to Ban VA From Signing Settlements With Doctors Fired for Medical Mistakes
A 2017 audit found VA was routinely burying mistakes made by its medical providers.
Management
Senate Sends Shutdown-Averting Spending Bills to Trump
President is expected to sign the $1.4 trillion measures that would boost funding for most agencies and provide a 3.1% pay raise to civilian feds.
Workforce
With Appeals Board Hamstrung, Congress Declines to Intervene on Behalf of Whistleblowers Facing Discipline
Inaction comes as MSPB lacks board members and many feds say impeachment proceedings have left them less likely to report wrongdoing.
Workforce
Poll: Majority of Feds Support Impeachment, Half Say Rhetoric Has Hurt Their Safety
One in three feds are concerned about impeachment's impact on morale, survey finds.
Management
Hiring Initiatives, Funding Windfalls and Other Major Takeaways for Federal Agencies in the 2020 Spending Bills
Two bills setting the line-by-line allocation of $1.4 trillion are set to become law later this week.
Management
House Clears Full-Year 2020 Spending, Sending Shutdown-Averting Bills to Senate
White House says Trump would sign the $1.4 trillion measures that would boost funding for most agencies and provide a 3.1% pay raise to civilian feds.
Workforce
Few BLM Employees Agree to Relocate as Interior Attempts to Ease Pain of Those It Will Fire
So far just two employees have agreed to move from Washington headquarters to new locations in western states.
Management
Census Still Has More Steps to Take to Ensure It Doesn't Hire More Child Sex Offenders, IG Says
The agency hired a registered sex offender earlier this year, who was arrested for engaging in a sexual act with a child two months later.
Management
Lawmakers Reach Year-Long Funding Deal 'In Principle'
Most agencies are in line for spending bumps over fiscal 2019 levels thanks to a budget deal President Trump signed into law earlier this year.
Oversight
Interior Appears Likely to Receive Funding for Relocation Even as Top Watchdog Announces Investigation
Congressional committee to subpoena records from BLM that justify moving hundreds of employees.
Pay & Benefits
Buttigieg's Consulting Career Included Work on a Report Suggesting USPS Slash Career Workforce
Presidential candidate says he only helped the Postal Service generate ideas for new revenue streams.
Management
IRS Privatization Program for Collecting Tax Debts Triples Profits in 2019
The new revenue is helping IRS hire, but critics warn program is targeting nation's most vulnerable taxpayers and lagging behind projections.
Oversight
House Passes Bill to Boost Civil Rights at Homeland Security
Legislation follows surge of whistleblowers saying civil rights office has been neutered under Trump.
Management
Bipartisan Bill Would Hold USPS Accountable for Opioids Trafficked Through the Mail
A recently passed law to address the crisis has demonstrated mixed results.
Workforce