Court Cases
FDIC Attorney Pleads Guilty to Defrauding a Bank
An attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was caught playing fast and loose with the facts in order to convince a bank to approve a short sale…
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Federal Workforce News
Why Aren’t Agencies Using Easier Employee Termination Options?
With all the hoopla and controversy about holding Federal employees accountable, a simple straight forward process exists to terminate Federal employees for a number of legitimate reasons within…
Court Cases
Smackdown: Federal Circuit Reverses MSPB on Directed Reassignment
In an important case to Agency managers, the Federal Circuit directed the MSPB to uphold the removal of a Park Service Manager who refused a directed reassignment. The…
Court Cases
Security Clearances and Indefinite Suspensions: Federal Circuit vs the MSPB
A recent decision on an indefinite suspension and revoking an employee's security clearance highlights a conflict between two courts.
Human Resources
AFGE Tells VA Secretary Which VA Executives Managers to Fire: Huh?
In the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary reportedly asked for a list of which managers and executives should be fired. This is a first event in the…
Federal Workforce News
What the Heck is Going On at FAA?
What is going on with the Federal Aviation Administration labor relations program? A recent resignation brings the situation into the public eye.
Federal Workforce News
Tips for Successful Dispute Resolution at the FLRA
The Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) program is run by the FLRA to reduce disputes and litigation. Here are suggestions for working successfully with this program as…
Court Cases
The Perfectly Bad Case
The Wall Street Journal recently published an opinion piece linking a Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) decision to the massive data breach that recently occurred at OPM which…
Court Cases
Circuit Says OPM Dropped the Ball on Suitability, MSPB Can Now Say ‘Hire Liars’
A D.C. Circuit Court lambasted OPM for asking for a three judge panel to review a single judge’s ruling without having a solid case.
Human Resources
AFGE Runs More Bad Internal Elections than Any Other US Union, DOL Finds
The Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) since 2011 has conducted nineteen investigations of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) internal elections finding misconduct.…