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Ninety Seconds Before Your First Meeting: A Monday Reset for Federal Employees
Federal employees are heading into another Monday where the news found them before they were fully awake. This is a 90-second reset you can do at your desk, in your car, or in the ...
The Senate Passed a Funding Patch 90-6. Why October 1 Is Not Safe Yet.
The Senate passed a continuing resolution 90-6 early Saturday morning, funding the government through December 11 — but a shutdown on October 1 is not off the table yet. The bill s...
A Federal Judge Blocked the VA From Ending Its AFGE Contract — Again
A federal judge has blocked the VA from ending its union contract with the American Federation of Government Employees — the third time this year the same court has stopped the sam...
Under Investigation as a Federal Employee? What to Do First
If you are a federal employee under investigation, the most damaging mistake is usually not the wrong decision. It is the decision you never made because you waited too long. That ...
An Off-Duty LinkedIn Post and Immediate Administrative Leave: The Speech Rules Federal Employees Should Know
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...
Forced Agency Relocations: What the Law Requires When You Cannot Move
Forced agency relocations are reaching federal employees at six or more agencies this summer, and NPR’s review of public records and internal communications this week describes a r...
Senate Passes Its Own Funding Bill 89-4: What Changed, and What Didn’t
Federal employees tracking government shutdown risk got a new data point Monday: the Senate voted 89-4 to advance its own stopgap funding bill, and it does not match the one the Ho...
Ninety Seconds Before the Rules Change Again: A Monday Practice
Federal employees are starting another week with headlines saying the rules changed again — and for a lot of people the shoulders are already up at the ears before the first cup of...
TikTok Is Legal on Government Phones Again. Here's Why You Should Still Keep It Off Yours.
The government just told federal employees they can download TikTok on a work phone again — and a federal employment attorney's advice is still to keep your thumb off that button. ...
IRS Ordered to Restore Telework After Walking Out of Its Own Arbitration
Federal employees at the IRS just won a major telework fight — and the agency didn't even show up to defend itself. An independent arbitrator ruled that the IRS violated its collec...
What Federal Employees Still Legally Keep: Chapter 75, Whistleblower, and EEO Rights
After a year of reclassifications, proposed rule changes, and reduction-in-force notices, it can feel like federal employees have lost every protection Congress ever gave them. Tha...
Steady: A 90-Second Breathing Practice to Start Your Federal Work Week
Workplace stress is not just an inconvenience for federal employees living through a year of hiring freezes, reorganizations, and reduction-in-force notices — it is a documented he...
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