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IRS Union Flag Lawsuit and Federal Speech Rights
A new lawsuit by the National Treasury Employees Union against the IRS raises a question many federal employees have felt in quieter ways: what speech is still protected when it ap...
IRS Details, Failed Training, and Discipline Risks
The recent NOTUS reporting about the IRS raises a hard question for federal employees: what happens when workforce cuts create operational gaps, and the people left behind are blam...
Federal Tax Debt and Your Federal Job
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...
IRS W-2 Errors Force Employees to Amend Tax Returns
Few stories capture the strain on todayā€™s federal workforce more clearly than this one: the IRS reportedly told employees that their W-2 forms were incorrect just weeks before Tax ...
Schedule Policy/Career Lawsuits: What Federal Employees Should Know
Many federal employees are asking the same question: Is anyone actually fighting Schedule Policy/Career in court? The answer is yes. But the procedural posture of those cases is mo...
IRS Ends NTEU Agreement: What Federal Employees Should Know
On February 27, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service announced it was terminating its collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The age...
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