The Federal Employee Survival Blog
Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.
A new EPA Office of Inspector General audit should get the attention of federal employees far beyond EPA. The report found that EPA lacks a grants workforce plan even as it manages a massive grants po...
Federal employees at the Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA just witnessed one of the most consequential labor developments in decades. DOE issued notices terminating collective bargaining agreements...
Federal employees have been watching telework policies change rapidly across agencies. Yet a series of arbitration rulings is sending a clear message: when telework protections appear in a collective ...
Federal employees often focus on the latest policy changes or agency announcements. Yet one of the most consequential documents affecting a federal career may already be sitting quietly in an agency f...
During the ongoing partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown, tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are continuing to report to work without pay. Many Ameri...
A recent report from The Washington Post describes a whistleblower complaint that should capture the attention of both federal employees and the public. According to the complaint now under investigat...
Defense civilian employees may recently have received a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth encouraging volunteers for temporary details to the Department of Homeland Security. These assignments ...
Federal employees following the controversy around Schedule Policy/Career already understand the stakes. The rule allows agencies to reclassify certain career positions into a new category that remove...
Federal employees often experience policy changes one rule at a time. But sometimes the legal significance becomes clear only when multiple proposals are viewed together. Three recent rulemaking propo...
As of March 9, the 30-day waiting period following the Office of Personnel Management’s final rule creating Schedule Policy/Career has expired. That technical milestone carries significant implication...
A recent federal court ruling offers an important reminder that even major personnel actions must comply with the rule of law. In a decision involving the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), a feder...
Many federal employees recognize the moment instantly: a vague email from HR, an unexpected calendar invitation, or a short message from a supervisor that raises more questions than it answers. The bo...
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