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Anonymous Posts and Federal Subpoenas
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 ...
When Yesterdayā€™s Assignment Becomes Todayā€™s Allegation
Federal employees are being placed in an impossible position: work that was assigned, required, or encouraged under one administration may now be treated as suspicious under anothe...
Why the IRS Settlement Is Raising Rule-of-Law Alarms
Federal employees are trained to respect process even when the process is inconvenient. That is why the reported IRS settlement deserves careful attentionā€”not as a partisan headlin...
Federal Employee NDAs and Whistleblower Rights
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 Employee NDA: Five Legal Risks to Watch
Federal employees are right to read OPMā€™s proposed governmentwide nondisclosure agreement carefully. The draft does more than ask employees to protect sensitive information. It rai...
NDA Concerns for Federal Employees
Federal employees should pay close attention to OPMā€™s draft governmentwide nondisclosure agreement, especially because the form reportedly could apply to roughly two million federa...
Why Federal Employees Should Still Trust the Legal Process
For federal employees, the pace of workplace disruption since January 2025 can feel overwhelming. Reclassifications, removals, DOGE-related agency actions, and attacks on collectiv...
Federal Telework and Rising Gas Costs
Federal employees are being asked to absorb a commute shock that is not just inconvenientā€”it is financially destabilizing. Recent reports place the national average for regular gas...
White House App Order: Legal Risks for Feds
For federal employees, a government-issued phone is not personal space. It is federal property, controlled by agency IT rules, security policies, and ethics obligations. That is wh...
Memorial Day Begins With Remembrance
For many federal employees, Memorial Day is not abstract. It may be tied to military service, colleagues who served, family members who never came home, or the quiet grief carried ...
Federal Workers Are Not the Villains
A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law gives federal employees language for something many have already felt in their bodies: the current att...
TSA Privatization Threatens Airport Security Jobs
The Trump administrationā€™s proposal to dramatically expand the TSA Screening Partnership Program should get the attention of every federal employeeā€”especially TSA officers. The pro...
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