EPA Employees Unsure About Fate of Office Closures
How Feds View Application of Ethical Standards
OPM's New Weather Policy a 'Natural Progression' of Telework
Mulvaney Promises Punishment for Pruitt’s Spending Violations
The Administration’s War on Regulations
To Innovate, Public Sector Agencies Need to Modernize
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Erich Wagner
Erich Wagner is a staff correspondent covering pay, benefits and other federal workforce issues. He joined Government Executive in the spring of 2017 after extensive experience writing about state and local issues in Maryland and Virginia, most recently as editor-in-chief of the Alexandria Times. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
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Many Lose Jobs After National Park Service Changes Interpretation of Seasonal Work Rule
2:55 PM ET Tracey Wiese and her husband Bruce Carter have been employees of the National Park Service for more than 30 years. For the entirety of their careers at the agency, they have served as seasonal employees switching between different parks during the year and actively chose not to pursue permanent positions....
Is OPM's New Weather Policy the 'Natural Progression' of Telework?
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The Office of Personnel Management’s new policy governing weather and safety leave will bring the handling of snow days for employees who work remotely in line with private sector trends, an observer said. But she warned that in order for the initiative to be successful, agencies will need to be...
Is OPM's New Weather Policy the 'Natural Progression' of Telework?
April 19, 2018 The Office of Personnel Management’s new policy governing weather and safety leave will bring the handling of snow days for employees who work remotely in line with private sector trends, an observer said. But she warned that in order for the initiative to be successful, agencies will need to be...
OMB Chief Defends Pay Freeze, Pay for Performance
April 18, 2018 Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s plan to freeze all federal civilian employee pay in 2019 and more broadly reduce the frequency of step increases moving forward in favor of performance-based pay. In testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Mulvaney, who splits...
OPM Outlines Pay Changes, the Future of Long-Term Care and More
April 18, 2018 Last week, the Office of Personnel Management, in conjunction with the Defense Department and Office of Management and Budget, released its first quarterly report on how to implement the cross-agency priorities outlined by President Trump’s management agenda. The document featured a laundry list of reforms to the hiring process, performance...
IG: OPM Needs Contingency Plan for Long-Term Care Insurance
April 17, 2018 The Office of Personnel Management inspector general recommended this week that the agency come up with a backup plan for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program after an audit of a bid process that produced only one application to administer the plan. In 2015, OPM decided not to renew...
Officials Highlight Pay for Performance, Streamlined Firing in New Management Document
April 16, 2018 Just weeks after the announcement of President Trump’s management agenda, three agency leaders have put together the first roadmap for implementation of the White House’s workforce goals. In a quarterly report released last week, the Office of Personnel Management, the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget described...
Employees At a Small Agency Trump Wants to Abolish Move Toward Unionization
April 13, 2018 Employees at the Chemical Safety Board are voting this month on whether to unionize and join the American Federation of Government Employees in an effort to protect themselves from alleged efforts to cut telework, changes to some people’s job classifications and the Trump administration’s repeated proposals to shutter the agency....
Appointee Watch: Former TSP Chairman Nominated to Lead Social Security
April 13, 2018 President Trump has tapped a veteran of federal employee retirement programs to lead the nation’s retirement safety net. Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate Andrew Saul to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, a post that carries a six-year term. Saul previously was the chairman of the Federal...
Hill Investigators Uncover New 'Unethical and Potentially Illegal' Allegations Against Pruitt
April 12, 2018 Five Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt Thursday outlining an array of new allegations of wasteful spending and employee retaliation, following an interview between former a EPA staffer and congressional investigators. Former EPA Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Kevin Chmielewski met with...
