House Approves IRS Accountability Bills
Just in time for April 15, the House Ways and Means Committee has approved four bills targeting the IRS and its employees.
Just in time for April 15, the House Ways and Means Committee has approved four bills targeting the IRS and its employees.
Just in time for tax day on April 15, the House Ways and Means Committee will consider four bills designed to “hold the IRS more accountable.”
Administrative paid leave has made headlines as a result of GAO reports and bills introduced in Congress to restrict agencies’ use of this procedure for a variety of reasons. A new report from the GAO highlights the problems in DHS—the agency with the most employees on this type of paid leave for more than 1 year.
An overwhelming number of lawmakers rode into the Capitol on unicorns today to offer their unwavering support for the federal workforce with a proposal to give federal employees a 25% pay raise.
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) recently sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee Chairman requesting that language be added to all future appropriations bills to ensure federal agencies block their employees from viewing or downloading pornography on agency computers.
Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate this week to go along with a House bill introduced last month that would give federal employees a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.
A bill to require OPM to provide yearly data to Congress on union activity by federal employees is under consideration in the House.
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has introduced legislation to prevent Federal employees from being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The chances of new restrictions being placed on use of administrative leave by agencies is growing as bills to accomplish this have been reported out of committees in both the House and the Senate.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is reporting that Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) has introduced legislation in support of AFGE’s proposal to give federal employees a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.