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FLRA has a new website and, according to its Chairman, a new "season" based on "Revitalization, Reinvention, and Re-engagement". Her message is the keynote on the cosmetically altered…
Four Transportation Security Administration employees were not able to convince a court that their agency violated the Privacy Act when an agency hard drive with personal information on…
Since the enhancement of some benefits for federal employees earlier this week, a number of readers have been asking questions on the implementation of these new benefits. While…
A federal employee reached a settlement with the Army under which he resigned and the agency would rescind the removal for cause from his personnel records. He filed…
This is part two of Steve Oppermann's article on "Veterans Chalk up Wins at MSPB and Court" and a string of wins for veterans in recent cases.
The author asks which Agencies will agree to bargaining permissive subjects if a pilot program results from an impending executive order. He suggests who might play and why…
A veteran who wants to become a federal employee as a civilian may run into obstacles. In preparing to conduct training on veterans' preference and special appointing authorities…
In what may prove to be the most edited document in the Obama Administration, a new version of the proposed executive order is being circulated. The new version…
The important question for the federal employee who files for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS is: What happens if the Office of Personnel Management denies…
A recent case demonstrates that when the federal government gets too involved in personnel decisions affecting contract employees, it could open the door to equal employment opportunity complaints…