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Civil Rights for Civil Servants
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When the Department of Defense cuts civilian jobs, the impact is not limited to payroll. Civilian employees support medical readiness, logistics, acquisition, cybersecurity, instal...
Federal employees are right to pay attention to OPM’s proposed governmentwide nondisclosure agreement. But the most important takeaway is this: the NDA is not currently in force, a...
When the Department of Defense cuts civilian jobs, the impact is not limited to payroll. Civilian employees support medical readiness, logistics, acquisition, cybersecurity, instal...
Federal employees who face discipline, demotion, removal, or other covered personnel actions usually cannot bypass the civil service system and go straight to federal district cour...
Federal employees with disabilities should not be forced to lose an accommodation before an agency decides whether it is still needed. Recent reporting from AFGE Local 3403, the un...
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 ...
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...
Federal employees are trained to respect process even when the process is inconvenient. That is why the reported IRS settlement deserves careful attention—not as a partisan headlin...
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 employees are right to read OPM’s proposed governmentwide nondisclosure agreement carefully. The draft does more than ask employees to protect sensitive information. It rai...
Federal employees should pay close attention to OPM’s draft governmentwide nondisclosure agreement, especially because the form reportedly could apply to roughly two million federa...
For federal employees, the pace of workplace disruption since January 2025 can feel overwhelming. Reclassifications, removals, DOGE-related agency actions, and attacks on collectiv...
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