OPM Guidance: Expanding Role of Unions, Restricting Removal Procedures
OPM has issued guidance to restrict implementing Trump administration Executive Orders.
Official Time
$163 Million+ Supporting Federal Employee Unions in FY 2019
The total cost to the federal government supporting federal employee unions was more than $163 million in fiscal year 2019.
Bill Would Overturn Biden’s ‘Protecting the Federal Workforce’ Executive Order
Legislation has been introduced to block implementation of one of President Biden’s Executive Orders that impacted the federal workforce in various ways.
White House Revoking Executive Orders Restricting Unions and Schedule F
The Biden administration is revoking previous EO’s imposing more restrictions on federal unions and stressing performance over seniority for federal workers.
EEOC Approves Restricting Time for Federal Unions
EEOC has issued a final rule restricting use of official time by unions in the federal EEO process.
Cutting Federal Agency Costs for Union Activity
How much official time was used by federal employee unions in FY 2019? The latest report from OPM breaks it down.
5 Workforce Executive Orders President-Elect Biden Should Cancel On January 20, 2021
The author lists five executive orders enacted by President Trump that he says should be canceled by President-elect Biden.
Who Decides What is An Effective and Efficient Government?
The author says that official time represents an issue of who gets to decide what constitutes an effective and efficient government.
Dramatic Decrease in Official Time at VA
The VA is successfully implementing recent executive orders to restrict the use of official time and free office space previously used by unions.
Should Federal Union Officials Be Paid to Lobby Congress?
FLRA is seeking comments on a proposed rule to restrict use of official time by union representatives to lobby Congress.
