Fired Fed Reluctantly Retiring With an Annuity Reduction
A former VA employee challenges the reduction in his annuity payment.
A former VA employee challenges the reduction in his annuity payment.
Removing a federal employee for poor performance is a long, difficult job. Some agencies do not try to take performance actions but find other reasons to remove an employee. The Dept. of Education took the performance route in this case which was reviewed by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Information that a reporter obtained from government sources “is not protected by a reporter’s privilege under the First Amendment….”
Your federal annuity is valuable. Here is the result of a court decision in which a divorced spouse of a deceased federal employee was trying to receive an annuity.
A federal court has upheld the ban on taxing the income of commuters who work in the District of Columbia.
The process for firing a federal employee is not quick or easy. The separation of a “volunteer” may not be quick or easy either.
How do the actions of a federal employee who is not on duty relate to official job performance? Can a federal employee be fired for what happens away from work?
GAO issues a report that says NASA does not have a financial management system in place that can be audited and that the current system lacks “basic functionality.”
A federal judge has effectively taken control of some of the computer systems for the Department of the Interior. In a lengthy decision, he ordered the agency to disconnect its systems from the internet and any intranet.
When does a federal employee become a whistleblower and when is an employee performing normal job duties? A federal court considers a recent case.