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IRS Details, Failed Training, and Discipline Risks
The recent NOTUS reporting about the IRS raises a hard question for federal employees: what happens when workforce cuts create operational gaps, and the people left behind are blam...
Schedule Policy/Career and Whistleblower Rights
For federal employees moved into Schedule Policy/Career, the most important question is not simply whether protections still exist. It is whether those protections can be meaningfu...
Black Federal Workers and the Fight for Access
Federal employment is often described as one of the most reliable pathways into the middle class. For many Black families, that became true over time. But it is important not to mi...
Schedule Policy/Career and Civil Service Protections
President Trump’s June 3, 2026 executive order moving roughly 8,000 federal positions into Schedule Policy/Career has understandably drawn intense attention across the federal work...
Federal EEO Case Data: What Really Matters
Federal employees often want a clear answer before contacting an attorney: “How do cases like mine usually turn out?” It is an understandable question. When your career, reputation...
Federal Employee Podcast Launch on Juneteenth
Federal employees are carrying a lot right now: discipline concerns, probationary uncertainty, EEO questions, shifting workplace rules, and the constant need to understand what is ...
When “Gross” Becomes a Legal Issue
Rats running across employees’ feet. Bed bugs returning after fumigation. Coworkers climbing onto desks to avoid the floor. These are not merely unpleasant workplace stories. For f...
Federal NDAs and Whistleblower Rights
Reports that some federal employees in the Trump administration have been asked to sign broad nondisclosure agreements raise a serious but often misunderstood question: what can an...
Chapter 75 Rights for Federal Employees
A recent executive order reportedly removed civil service protections from an estimated 8,000 federal employees. That is serious, and affected employees should review the appendix ...
Schedule Policy/Career Is No Longer Theoretical
For months, federal employees have been watching the return of Schedule F under a new name: Schedule Policy/Career. On June 3, 2026, the President signed an executive order impleme...
Forest Service VERA and VSIP: What Feds Should Know
The Forest Service has reportedly put VERA and VSIP on the table for some employees as the agency moves hundreds of jobs to Salt Lake City. For Forest Service employees, this may f...
Federal Science RIFs and Employee Rights
When a federal science agency loses experienced employees, the public often hears the issue framed as “savings.” But the deeper question is whether the country is losing the instit...
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