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Has Remote Learning Buried the Snow Day? Depends On Where You Live
Despite technological advances, many US schools are still likely to cancel school in the event of a big snowstorm.
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Year of the Living Dead: How Schedule F Continued to Threaten to Upend the Civil Service in 2022
The Trump administration’s abortive effort to strip thousands of federal workers of their civil service protections continues to cast its shadow on government.
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GovExec Daily: 2022 In Review
Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss the biggest stories of the year.
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FLRA Moves to Undo a Controversial Trump-era Union Dues Policy
The Federal Labor Relations Authority, now under Democratic control, said prior leadership ignored the Civil Service Reform Act’s legislative history.
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Federal Employee Appeals Board Still Has Years of Work Ahead to Cut Through Its Record Backlog
Board has made slow but steady progress in reducing its workload after Congress incapacitated it for five years.
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‘Tis the Season: Holiday Hang-Ups That Can Hurt Your Cleared Career
Gone are the days when you could get a little too merry and hope your employer would never know.
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Social Media Monitoring in the Security Clearance Process
What – if anything – is the government considering in an online search of security clearance applicants?
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Getting Outside Could Improve Your Sleep
Getting outdoors, even in gloomy weather, may benefit your sleep, according to new research with college students.
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The House Passes a Bill to Give VA Medical Employees Greater Union Rights
The VA Employee Fairness Act would grant medical professionals the right to bargain over scheduling and official time, and to file grievances over pay disputes.
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GovExec Daily: A Politicized Civil Service is Coming, if Congress Doesn't Act
The Project on Government Oversight's Joe Spielberger joins the podcast to discuss the looming Schedule F threat.
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VA Hopes Its Staffing Progress Will Help With the Looming COVID Wave
Officials are still looking for new tools to staff up, including by removing a $400,000 annual pay cap for some employees.
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FLRA Restores Pre-Trump Doctrine on When It Can Intervene in Ongoing Arbitration
A decision by the then-Republican controlled FLRA in 2018 led to a tripling of some cases on the agency’s docket.
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Women at the FBI Training Academy Faced Sexist Jokes and Other Inappropriate Behavior, IG Finds
The Justice Department inspector general made seven recommendations for addressing disparities, which the FBI agreed with.
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How the $857.9 Billion Annual Defense Bill Could Impact Women and Military Families
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, includes provisions addressing sexual violence and challenges related to family relocation.
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GovExec Daily: The Only Certainty is That Cryptocurrency is Here to Stay… And Will Be Regulated
Nextgov's Alexandra Kelley joins the podcast to discuss how Washington is eyeing cryptocurrency.
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Here’s the Workforce Provisions that Did and Didn’t Make It Into the Final Defense Policy Bill
Did TSA employees get access to the General Schedule pay scale? No.
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GovExec Daily: Making Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work for the Federal Workforce
OPM's Janice Underwood joins the podcast to discuss her role as Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility .
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Officials Seek to Reassure Lawmakers Skeptical VA Can Staff Up to Meet New Obligations
VA will soon provide new care and benefits to millions and lawmakers have concerns about its capacity.
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Lawmakers Left Anti-Schedule F Legislation Out of the Compromise Defense Policy Bill
Prospects for it look grim after it wasn’t included in the piece of must-pass legislation.
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