Oversight
Commentary: Your Plane Landed Safely — Thank the Bureaucrats at the FAA
The "administrative state" is not as scary as it sounds.
Workforce
White House Can't Just Retaliate Against and Discipline Its Employees Willy-Nilly, Panel Rules
Non-political appointees at the White House are now entitled to civil service protections.
Tech
Mobile Threats Prompt Operational Changes for Governments
More than 80% of public sector respondents to a recent survey said they have been forced to re-evaluate workplace practices as attacks on mobile devices grow.
Workforce
Don’t Fear the Public Service Reform Act
A former chief human capital officer says it is time to re-center and simplify the rules to balance individual fairness and organizational effectiveness in the federal government.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Decision That May Upset the Administrative State
Don Kettl joins the podcast to discuss the Supreme Court's decision that could change the regulatory state.
Workforce
Senate Dems Have Joined the Push to Block Schedule F
As Republican groups discuss plans to reinstitute the controversial plan to strip tens of thousands of federal workers of their civil service protections, congressional Democrats have renewed their efforts to block it.
Workforce
'There Needs to Be a Reckoning': Republicans Introduce a Bill to Make Feds At-Will Employees
The legislation, along with recent talk of a renewed effort to implement Schedule F, makes clear that a “major assault” on the federal civil service is coming, regardless of who the next Republican presidential nominee will be.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Schedule F Might Be Coming Back
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss one of the Trump administration's signature workforce policies.
Workforce
Trump Has Endorsed a Plan to Purge the Civil Service of ‘Rogue Bureaucrats’
Former Trump staffers have said they have identified 50,000 federal employees who would be ousted under a new iteration of Schedule F during the next Republican administration.
Workforce
If Trump Is Reelected, His Aides Are Planning to Purge the Civil Service
Officials are looking to revive a controversial order issued in Trump's waning days and have already identified 50,000 federal positions to target.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Will the Vaccine Mandate Discipline Ever Begin?
Federal employment attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully joins the podcast to discuss the enforcement of the Biden administration's delayed rules.
Workforce
A Schedule F Ban Is Among Many Workforce Provisions in the Annual Defense Policy Bill the House Just Passed
Lawmakers also added language to grant full civil service protections and a pay raise to TSA employees to the must-pass bill before its approval Thursday.
Workforce
D.B. Cooper, the Changing Nature of Hijackings and the Foundation for Today’s Airport Security
From 1968 to 1974, U.S. airlines experienced 130 hijackings. But it was Cooper’s hijacking-as-extortion plot that captured the public’s imagination – and inspired a copycat crime wave.
Workforce
The House’s Defense Policy Bill Could Codify Contractor Minimum Wage
The House is set to vote this week on its version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass bill that often serves as the vehicle for provisions impacting the federal workforce.
Management
GovExec Daily: Government Has a Recent History of Big Successes
Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss his post about the ways that government has greatly improved the lives of Americans.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: LGBTQ+ Workers and Discrimination
Federal employment attorney Dan Meyer joins the podcast to discuss how workers can identify discrimination at the office and what can be done about it.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: What the TSP Changes Mean For Feds
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the ways the retirement savings plan is shifting, on the board and with its service provider.
Management
GovExec Daily: A Battle in the 'War Over the Administrative State'
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the Fifth Circuit's decision.
Workforce
Tell Us About Your Experience With The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
We’re looking for readers who want to share their experiences with the Education Department's debt relief.
Workforce