Inadequate Resources Are Turning Fed Employees into MacGyvers
The author says that federal employees are being asked to do more with less and that it is starting impacting morale.
Author: Mathew B. Tully, Esq.
No Paid Sick or Annual Leave. What About FMLA Leave for Excepted Employees?
How does FMLA leave work during a government shutdown for excepted employees? The author offers some details.
OSC: Whistleblower Disclosures ‘Skyrocketed’
Federal employee whistleblowing activity has reached screeching levels, with the government’s watchdog agency, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), seeing a surge of new disclosures of wrongdoing in fiscal year 2012.
Bad Press Aggravates Agencies and Penalty Decisions
Because of the Douglas Factors, federal employees that damage an agency’s reputation can face demotion or removal.
Furloughs May Result in Already Overworked Feds Being Asked to do More with Less
The author says that due to furloughs from sequestration, it is likely federal employees will be asked to do more with less.
Farting and Discrimination in the Federal Workplace
The recent case involving a federal employee who was reprimanded by the Social Security Administration for passing gas at work had a humorous aspect to it, the author points out that there is a serious aspect to the case as well in terms of legal precedent.
Sleeping with Trouble: Extramarital Affairs and Federal Employees
What happens in a federal employee’s bedroom can haunt him or her in the office.
“Efficiency of the Service”: Easier Said Than Defined
With prospects of the U.S. going over a “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year, there is much talk about improving government efficiency.
Security Clearance Holder Ranks Grow; NSA & CIA Lead Denials/Revocations
The government’s need for people who can be trusted with sensitive information is not abating. The ranks of federal employees and contractors who held a security clearance rose by 3.3 percent in FY 2011 according to a new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Inbound for TSA Security Screeners: USERRA Rights
Under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama in August of 2012, the protections already afforded to most federal employees by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act will now be extended to TSA security screeners and supervisory security screeners.
