Workforce
IG: USPS Is Putting Injured Workers at Risk by Failing to Adequately Reduce Opioid Use
Average number of opioid prescriptions per injured employee has climbed over last few years, despite nationwide cuts.
Management
Trump Skirts Vacancies Law With Selection of Acting Agency Director
Legal experts say the president is flouting the spirt of vacancies statute.
Pay & Benefits
Disputes Over Pay, Layoffs Create Impasse Between USPS and 200K Employees
Union and agency will head to interest arbitration.
Oversight
Surprise Inspections Reveal Widespread Violations at Immigrant Detention Facilities
Poor conditions add to the expanding list of crises caused by the influx of migrants at the souther border.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential Hopeful Aims to Give Feds Faster Access to Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal employees would no longer have to wait until they had served 10 years.
Management
Democrats Set Up Another Spending Fight By Proposing Not to Fund Border Wall or Agents
House spending bill would allow for hiring elsewhere in the Homeland Security Department.
Management
VA Expects 'Hiccups,' but an Otherwise Seamless Health Overhaul This Week
Some lawmakers and veterans groups are nervous about VA's implementation process for the new private care program.
Pay & Benefits
House Democrats Move to Block Agency Relocations, Buyouts
Lawmakers put language in appropriations bills to prevent the Trump administration from advancing key initiatives.
Management
Postal Service Scores Victory After Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge From UPS
Court will not consider appeal that the Postal Service is unfairly calculating package costs.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Demand Changes at TSA After Investigations Find That Low Pay Is Causing High Turnover
Blue ribbon panel says TSA must make targeted pay increases, but not convert employees to GS system.
Management
HUD Promises 'New Day' After GAO Finds Furniture Spending Violated Law
Department will implement task force reforms after notifying Congress, president of its violations.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Bill to Permanently Codify Protections for LGBTQ Feds
Passage comes after Trump administration has rolled back some of those protections.
Management
Feds Rarely Win Before MSPB. Board Says That’s Not a Problem.
Many cases settle before a ruling, board says, and agencies judiciously take action.
Management
Court Upholds Firing of Key Official at Epicenter of VA Waitlist Scandal
Precedent-setting ruling finds that federal supervisors cannot claim ignorance of subordinates' misdeeds.
Management
The Federal Agencies Americans Like (and Dislike) the Most
Survey finds the same winner once again.
Management
Lawmakers Worry Current Squabbles Bode Poorly for Looming Sequester, Shutdown Fights
"If we can’t do this, what the heck can we do on something much bigger?" key GOP senator asks.
Oversight
Panel Hears ‘Extremely Distressing’ Complaints of Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace
The lack of resources to address sexual harassment in government is "jaw dropping," chairwoman says.
Pay & Benefits
House Democrats Threaten to Withhold Some Feds' Salaries Over Administration's Failure to Comply With Investigations
Lawmakers cite 2016 precedent for withholding money for officials' pay.
Oversight
Top GOP Lawmaker Implores Colleagues to Publicly Praise Feds
Civil servants should receive public recognition like military personnel, committee leader says.
Pay & Benefits