Removal Mitigated to 561-Day Suspension
The appeals court is troubled by an arbitrator’s decision to mitigate a removal to an extended suspension for “time served” but not for the reasons one may think.
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Senators Don’t Want Federal Agencies Collecting Citizenship Data
A group of Senators are threatening to withhold funds in an effort to stop federal agencies from providing citizenship data to the Commerce Department.
No Citizenship Question Will Be on the 2020 Census
The Trump administration abandoned efforts to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census and is instead taking an alternate route to gather the information.
The Problem with the Current Government Shutdown
The author says that the current partial government shutdown is largely not causing any real pain for the general public.
Appeals Court Rules MSPB Erred in Handling Coerced Retirement Claim
A Department of Commerce employee has convinced the appeals court that his retirement was involuntary because of a hostile work environment.
Lawmakers Want Investigation of Commerce Secretary for Possible Insider Trading Violation
Several lawmakers want the SEC to investigate the stock trading activities of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
ACLU Sues Commerce Department Over Census Citizenship Question
Another lawsuit has been filed over the inclusion of a citizenship question on the upcoming census.
Census Bureau Will Be Checking Answers to Citizenship Question
If you don’t answer the citizenship status question on the census, will it matter? The Census Bureau has developed a plan for this possibility.
Kasich Wants to Eliminate the Commerce Department
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that as president, he would eliminate the Commerce Department because it is a “text book example of what needs to change [with the federal bureaucracy].”
