Pay & Benefits
Congressional Negotiators Strip Buyout Increase for Feds From Defense Bill
Compromise version of annual authorization bill includes steep cuts to departmentwide activities, major hiring reforms.
Management
Senate Confirms Robert Wilkie to Serve as Trump's Second VA Secretary
Wilkie was the first VA secretary nominee to receive opposition on the Senate floor.
Management
OPM Begins Planning Its Reorganization Despite Pushback From Lawmakers
Appropriations bill provisions would block unilateral efforts to reshape the Office of Personnel Management, the General Services Administration and other agencies.
Management
Trump Administration: 'There’s Going to Be Some Issues' Meeting Deadline to Reunite Immigrant Families
Lawmakers denounce lack of interagency collaboration.
Management
Delayed EPA Response to Water Crisis Increased Health Risks to Flint Residents, IG Finds
EPA should have intervened faster after Michigan made bad decisions.
Management
VA Is Letting Senior Officials Off the Hook While Disproportionately Punishing Whistleblowers, Audit Finds
GAO identifies pervasive problems in VA's disciplinary processes.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Appeals Board Nominees Pledge Equity, Quick Action on Backlog
Their confirmation would give MSPB its first quorum of the Trump era.
Management
Tempers Flare as White House Defends Reorg Proposal Against Accusations of Stonewalling
Democrats say proposals will go into "dustbin of history" without further cooperation.
Management
VA Defends Expedited Firing Law Amid Accusations It's Creating 'Cultural Fear'
Lawmakers express bipartisan concern VA is overstepping its disciplinary mandate.
Pay & Benefits
As Lawmakers Renew Push for Repeal, OPM Says Workforce Orders Are What Feds Want
Vulnerable Senate Democrats say orders undermine merit system principles and reduce accountability.
Management
Behind the Scenes of Implementing Trump's Border Hiring Surges
ICE employees have spent 2,000 work days preparing for a hiring surge that may never come.
Oversight
Multi-Agency Review Finds No Examples of Fraudulent Use of Government Charge Cards
Of 1,255 high-risk transactions, none involved illegal activity, report finds.
Management
Here’s What House Democrats Envision Happening After They Abolish ICE
Lawmakers introduce bill to eliminate the immigration enforcement agency.
Management
New EPA Chief Promises to Defend Employees' Work While Continuing Regulatory Rollbacks
Andrew Wheeler says he will trust and listen to his workforce.
Management
White House: 'Untrue and Misleading' That Reorg Plan Will Reduce Federal Workforce
Official walks back original intent of the plan.
Management
The Trump Administration Is Struggling to Reunify Young Separated Immigrants With Their Parents
ICE maintains the steps it has taken are in compliance with a federal court mandate.
Management
Trump Pardons Men Who Inspired Armed Occupation of Federal Facility
The Hammonds were indicted on charges of threatening a federal employee and damaging federal property.
Pay & Benefits
Rejecting Agency's Offer, Postal Supervisors Fight for a Bigger Pay Raise
Employees are represented by a management association rather than a union and are on a pay-for-performance system.
Management
Pence Slams 'Abolish ICE' Movement, Calls for End to Attacks on Agents
Criticisms of ICE by Democrats "have to stop," the vice president says.
Management