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Federal employees at HHS are reportedly facing the first major rollout of Schedule Policy/Career, the revived version of what was formerly known as Schedule F. According to Governm...
Most federal employees do not think about the Family and Medical Leave Act until a serious medical issue suddenly makes work impossible. By then, stress, fear, and paperwork can ma...
The Department of Defense’s deferred resignation program was sold as a path toward government efficiency. But according to the facts described in the transcript, DoD lost 61,600 ci...
For federal employees, a performance review is not just paperwork. It can affect promotions, assignments, awards, retention, and, in some systems, whether your career continues at ...
The Department of Justice’s new lawsuit challenging D.C. Bar disciplinary proceedings is not just a dispute between lawyers. For federal employees—especially agency counsel, invest...
Federal employees are often told to stay neutral, keep records, and follow the chain of command. But neutrality must run both ways. According to the transcript, a federal lawsuit f...
A new lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Federal Employees and seven USDA employees challenges religious messages allegedly sent by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins th...
Federal employees depend on legal systems that are supposed to be neutral: the Merit Systems Protection Board, the EEO process, whistleblower protections, and related settlement me...
For many federal employees, return-to-office has not felt like a neutral management preference. It has felt like a disruption to work, family obligations, health routines, and mora...
For many federal employees, the pressure is no longer theoretical. The 2026 federal pay adjustment authorized a 1.0% across-the-board increase, with locality percentages remaining ...
A new Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report has understandably raised anxiety among federal employees. According to the report, the federal-workforce tax-delinqu...
House Oversight Chairman James Comer has opened an inquiry into why the federal government pays to resolve so many federal employee grievances, pointing to federal-sector EEO and M...
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