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Recently introduced legislation in Congress would restrict the federal government’s ability under the Patriot Act to collect information on Americans who are not connected to an ongoing investigation.
U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) have introduced the Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act to help reduce the veterans disability claims backlog.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has announced the issuance of the Guide to Negotiability Under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
As negotiated agreements expire and bargaining appears likely, it is vital for an Agency to take stock of the old contract and assess where it wants negotiations to go. You can be sure the union will come to the table with an agenda; the author asks whether Agency representatives have an agenda of their own and attempts to lay out a framework for development of management’s agenda.
The Department of Homeland Security cut it perilously close when it decided to terminate a probationary employee a few hours before his probation expired.
San Diego District’s Palm Desert Letter Carrier Frank Frary recently received a City Hero award for his efforts to save an elderly resident’s home from potential fire.