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The Trump administration has said it wants to make cuts to the overall size of the federal workforce, however, the author says that that this may be harder to do than it would seem on the surface.
The Office of Special Counsel has received numerous questions from federal employees about a possible candidate Trump in the 2020 election. The agency has provided a memo with Hatch Act guidance in the interim.
The author says that there are better ways to enact changes to the federal civil service laws than vilifying federal employees.
How much time and money are spent at the VA on official time? GAO finds no consistent reporting system.
The Merit Act of 2017 would make it much easier to fire a federal employee. Here are the details of this recently introduced legislation and what it would mean for the federal workforce.
With its 20-year history of civil service reform, Georgia provides insights into how federal civil service may change under the Trump administration.
The Defense Department has issued agency-specific guidance on the hiring freeze. The author provides a complete breakdown of the details.
The Department of Defense recently released new rules for reduction in force. The author explains what the implications of these new rules for federal employees.
We know that elections have consequences. With Republicans now controlling both Houses of Congress and the White House, the support of Democrats by federal employee unions is likely to result in changes in federal labor relations.
Workplace bullying is something that federal employees can potentially face in their jobs. The author says the federal government must do more to protect its workforce from the harm caused by workplace bullying.
