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$1.5 Trillion for Defense, $0 for Your Raise: The Math Behind the 2027 Federal Pay Freeze
The 2027 federal pay freeze was justified by the White House on the grounds that a raise would be "irresponsible" — a savings of $26 billion, by the administration's own letter to ...
One Whistleblower, Millions of Mail Ballots: Inside the USPS Report Congress Just Published
A USPS whistleblower report published by Senator Richard Blumenthal's office on September 1 warns that a rushed new digital system for overseeing mail ballots could delay — or outr...
Federal Judge Orders DOGE to Turn Over IRS Taxpayer-Data Communications by September 14
DOGE must turn over its internal communications about the IRS taxpayer-data sharing deal by September 14 — a federal judge has ordered it. After more than a year in which DOGE’s ro...
The Fork in the Road, 18 Months Later: 20,557 Replacements Were Hired
You remember the Fork in the Road email — the subject line, and the one-word reply: Resign. Eighteen months later, the numbers are in: the government hired your replacements. Somet...
Petty Friday: Who Is Andrea Lucas? The EEOC's Chair — and Its Most Effective Opponent
It’s Petty Friday — our weekly commentary for federal employees, where we take the week’s civil rights news with a little humor and a lot of receipts. This week: Andrea Lucas, the ...
Five Changes in the EEOC's Proposed Rule That Matter for Your Federal EEO Case
The EEOC’s proposed rule would demand more detail in your federal EEO complaint before the investigation — and take away your current choice to put the case before an EEOC judge. H...
150 Pages, 30 Days: The EEOC Motion for More Comment Time That Couldn't Get a Second
The EEOC has proposed a 150-page rewrite of the federal EEO complaint process — and federal employees will get just 30 days to comment on it. At the Commission’s meeting, a motion ...
EEOC Proposal: The Agency You Accuse Would Decide Your Discrimination Case First
The EEOC has proposed a major change to the federal EEO complaint process: under the new proposal, the agency you accuse of discrimination would ordinarily decide your case first —...
The Man Who Ran the IRS Says the Bill for DOGE's Cuts Hasn't Come Due Yet
The IRS workforce has fallen from about 100,000 employees to an expected 74,000 by year's end after DOGE's cuts — and the man who ran the agency says the bill has not come due yet....
Four Unions Sue OPM Over the Rule That Reroutes Removals — and Their Appeals — to OPM
OPM's new suitability rule could reroute roughly half of all federal misconduct removals through OPM itself — and that figure is OPM's own estimate, published in the Federal Regist...
EEOC Votes August 26 on a Plan That Could End Your Right to an Independent Judge
On Wednesday, August 26 at 10 a.m. Eastern, the EEOC votes on a proposal that reports say could end federal employees' right to a hearing before an independent EEOC Administrative ...
What 130 Federal Job Postings Reveal About Schedule Policy/Career
Schedule Policy/Career tags are appearing on federal job postings well below the grade levels officials described, according to a review of more than 130 USAJOBS listings by the Pa...
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