Pay & Benefits
With Go Ahead from OPM, Agencies Press Forward With Efforts to Cripple Federal Unions
Unions likely to face evictions, severe restrictions on official time.
Management
Trump’s Undermining of Federal Scientists Signals Need for Systemic Overhaul, Bipartisan Group Says
Career federal scientists are increasingly prohibited from doing their jobs freely, report finds, imperiling U.S. democracy.
Pay & Benefits
Warren Promises to Pay Federal Employees During Shutdowns If She Becomes President
Democratic candidate's plan also calls for reversing President Trump’s executive orders "attacking" the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Will Pay 5.6% More Toward Health Care Premiums Next Year
OPM adds two nationwide options under a new type of health insurance plan.
Management
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Is the Federal Government's Least Popular Agency
Survey also finds a slightly higher percentage of Americans prefer a smaller government with fewer services than a big government.
Management
Citing Need to Protect Career Employees, Pompeo Says State Won't Comply With Initial Impeachment Inquiry Requests
Congress is seeking to "intimidate, bully and treat improperly" career staff, says President Trump's top diplomat.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Look to Ban 'Bribes' Federal Unions Use to Recruit New Members
Union says payments are merely rebates used to incentivize participation.
Workforce
‘People Will Be Afraid’: How Trump’s Ukraine Call Could Chill Public Servants
Diplomats condemn Trump for "threatening" a foreign service officer and other civil servants.
Management
U.S. to Remain in International Postal Agency After Securing More Favorable Deal for American Mailers
The Trump administration had said it would withdraw from UN body with roots in 145-year-old treaty.
Management
Senate Sends Trump Seven-Week Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown
The president is expected to sign the stopgap measure and avoid an appropriations lapse, but a funding fight still looms.
Pay & Benefits
New Program Leads to Uptick in Vets Using Private Health Care, but VA Insists It's 'Not Privatizing'
Ninety days into new initiative, VA has provided more than 1 million private sector consultations.
Workforce
Interior Threatens to Relocate Employees Without Incentive Payments If Congress Withholds Funding
Lawmakers say Interior should pause the relocations altogether.
Pay & Benefits
Yet Another Impasse at the Postal Service as Two More Labor Contracts Expire
The fate of compensation and other issues for 250,000 employees now hangs in the balance.
Management
House Passes Seven-Week Stopgap Spending Bill in Hopes of Avoiding October Shutdown
The Senate must still pass the bill.
Workforce
EPA Chief Says He's 'Absolutely' Concerned About Brain Drain at the Agency
While EPA has consistently pushed to slash its own workforce, administrator says he wants to prevent a mass exodus.
Pay & Benefits
Higher Pay and Parental Leave Could Help VA Address Vacancies, Official Says
Administration officials at multiple agencies acknowledge shortfalls in medical staffing.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Paid Federal Employees $3.7 Billion Not to Work During Recent Shutdowns
One department lost 90 employees during the most recent lapse, while another slashed hiring by nearly 40%.
Workforce
ICE Employees: Don't Blame Us for 'Extreme Impact' of Our Work
Agency supervisors say politically motivated attacks on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement workforce are “unconscionable.”
Workforce
State Department Recognizes Terror Attack Hero as Inaugural Honoree in New Program
"We have to tell these stories," State secretary says of woman who got back to work after her nose was blown off.
Management