Federal Employee Resource Center

Off-duty social media posts can cost federal employees more than they expect. A director at the General Services Administration posted his opinion about a federal hiring rule on hi...

Federal employees swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution. That distinction matters. The civil service is designed to serve the public through lawful, competent, nonpa...

A new lawsuit by the National Treasury Employees Union against the IRS raises a question many federal employees have felt in quieter ways: what speech is still protected when it ap...

Federal employees often assume that an anonymous online post creates a safe distance between personal speech and government scrutiny. The recent subpoenas reportedly issued by the ...

A proposed governmentwide nondisclosure agreement for federal employees is not just another onboarding form. According to the transcript, the concern is not limited to one clause o...

Federal employees are right to read OPM’s proposed governmentwide nondisclosure agreement carefully. The draft does more than ask employees to protect sensitive information. It rai...

Federal employees do not stop being citizens when they leave the workplace. That principle matters when an employee attends a public vigil, speaks on a matter of public concern, an...

Federal job applicants are reporting a troubling disconnect between what the Office of Personnel Management says publicly and what USAJOBS applications appear to require in practic...

For federal employees, the reported firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan raises a question far bigger than one Pentagon personnel decision: what happens when public servants are pu...

A recent budget proposal seeks $166 million to expand FBI counterterrorism efforts, including a multi-agency initiative to “proactively identify” domestic extremism. The language m...

Federal employees often ask where the line falls between personal faith and workplace conduct. That line became especially important after a Cabinet-level, agency-wide email framed...

Federal employees are watching new reports closely: the Department of Homeland Security has reportedly issued large numbers of administrative subpoenas to major tech companies seek...