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President of Largest Federal Employee Union Resigns Amid Investigation
J. David Cox was accused last year of a pattern of behavior including sexual harassment and unwanted advances toward union employees. Cox reportedly resigned after additional charges were levied against him earlier this month.
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VA Secretary Under Investigation After Complaint He Looked for Dirt on a House Staffer Who Said She’d Been Assaulted
The agency’s internal watchdog told lawmakers about the probe after ProPublica unearthed the allegations against Secretary Robert Wilkie.
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GovExec Daily: The White House Says It Is Purging Never Trumpers from Agencies
With reports that the White House has lists of "disloyal" people in government, Katherine McIntire Peters and Eric Katz joined GovExec Daily to discuss what that will mean for civil servants.
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GovExec Daily: Bureaucrat-Bashing at the Highest Levels of Government
With President Trump aiming his words increasingly at federal employees, Tom Shoop explains why we're reaching a dangerous new low.
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Lawmaker Asks Democratic Presidential Candidates How They Would Rebuild the Federal Workforce
The Trump administration has done “lasting damage to the integrity, morale and retention of our federal workforce,” Virginia congresswoman writes.
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Watchdog Finds ‘Uneven Progress’ in State Department’s Effort to Improve Workforce Diversity
Concerns about the demographic composition of the workforce are longstanding, GAO said.
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White House Confirms It's Purging Disloyal Employees 'From the Bowels of the Federal Government'
Administration will "take appropriate action" when officials find workers not sufficiently loyal to Trump, spokesman says.
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The Legacy of a Hidden NASA Figure
The stories of black women at the space agency were once buried so deep that it felt like a revelation when they were brought to light.
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The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds
The head of the powerful union representing border patrol agents nationwide said the FBI is working to identify who stole some $500,000 out of the coffers of the El Paso local. The theft raises more questions about lawlessness in the union’s ranks.
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Trump Freezes Hiring for Immigrant Services
Employees who received job offer letters are now left in limbo.
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The Postal Service Fired Thousands of Workers for Getting Injured While Delivering and Processing Your Mail
USPS forced out 44,000 workers who got injured on the job. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the effort, part of a five year program, violated the law. But the Postal Service has fought its workers’ claims since 2007.
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Congress Fixes – Just a Bit – the Unpopular, ‘Unfair’ Rule that Stopped Injured Service Members from Suing for Damages
For more than half a century, service members who got hurt while on active duty but not in combat – like being hit by a jeep while on base – could never sue for damages. That's now changed – a bit.
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Record Asylum Cases Met With Insufficient Staffing and Training, Watchdog Finds
Projections DHS uses to set workforce levels are off by as much as 50%, auditors say.
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Trump's Federal Personnel Point Person to Step Down
Margaret Weichert will leave the White House after nearly three years of pushing an aggressive agenda.
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There Is No Federal Presidents' Day Holiday
But federal employees, like many other workers, do get Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 off.
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FBI Has Failed to Move the Needle on Diversity Over the Past Decade, Despite Efforts of Recent Directors
Percentages of women and minorities have remained virtually unchanged.
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Air Marshals Are Increasingly Complaining of 'Extreme Fatigue'
On-the-job injuries and illnesses have skyrocketed in recent years for the TSA employees.
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Trump, the GOP and the ‘Swamp:’ A Dangerous New Low in Bureaucrat-Bashing
In the wake of impeachment proceedings, disrespect for and threats against the career federal workforce have escalated.
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