Oversight
DHS Expedites Replacement Wall Construction on Same Day Top Auditor Warns of Ineffective Efforts
Homeland Security issues waivers to quickly build new barriers as GAO cautions of insufficient planning.
Management
Governor Trashes Federal 'Career Employees,' Asks Trump to Intervene
Group says Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is launching "threats to career civil servants."
Management
What Biden's 'Campaign to Cut Waste' Says About How He Would Manage Government
The former vice president has called for a "new culture of efficiency" at federal agencies.
Management
White House's Push for More Oversight of Agency Data Has Some Scientists Concerned
OMB wants to make more agency data public, peer reviewed and reproducible.
Pay & Benefits
All But Three Cabinet-Level Departments Have Shed Jobs Under Trump
Agencies say they are now trying to reverse that trend.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Cuts 10K Positions After Five Years of Job Growth
Reductions come as Postal Service pays down its debts for first time in eight years.
Management
EPA Clashes With IG Over Destroyed Documents
Auditors say officials at the agency are impeding its work.
Pay & Benefits
IRS Doesn't Fire Its Tax-Delinquent Employees as the Law Requires
Agency managers follow through on the requirement in only 7% of cases.
Oversight
Government Ethics Office to Issue First-Ever Rule on Feds Accepting Donations for Legal Defense
OGE says the current approach "does not fully address" potential conflicts.
Management
One Presidential Candidate Has a Plan to Boost Funding, Employment for Federal Lands
A 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps could recruit 10,000 new personnel to care for public lands, says Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Oversight
New Whistleblower Protection Office Is Under Investigation for Retaliating Against Whistleblowers
"You don’t want to come forward," one whistleblower said. "People are afraid."
Pay & Benefits
New Agreement Creates Alternative Path for Feds to Resolve Discrimination Cases
EEOC hopes mediation will help reduce its long growing backlog of federal workforce cases.
Management
VA Predicts Bumpy Rollout of New Program to Give Vets Access to Private Care
"I’m not going to sit before you and say we are going to get everything right," top official tells lawmakers.
Management
What Trump's Move to End Central American Aid Will Look Like
Future for existing programs and staff on the ground is in jeopardy.
Management
Trump Upends Homeland Security Department in Mass Removal of Top Staff
Experts and former officials call the bulk turnover unhealthy, unprecedented and "enormously disruptive."
Management
Trump's New DHS Pick Faces Legal Uncertainty
2016 law appears to block the president from naming current Customs and Border commissioner to replace Kirstjen Nielsen.
Management
Trump Administration Cancels Contract That Failed to Bring on More Border Agents
CBP had hoped to bring on as many as 7,500 employees but instead received only 36.
Pay & Benefits
One in Five TSA Screeners Quits Within Six Months
TSA administrator says low pay is to blame and promises new compensation system soon.
Pay & Benefits
VA Defends Its Firing Law in Court Against Multiple Constitutional Challenges
Trump's signature civil service reform hangs in the balance.
Management