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Reports that some federal employees in the Trump administration have been asked to sign broad nondisclosure agreements raise a serious but often misunderstood question: what can an NDA actually do ins...
A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law gives federal employees language for something many have already felt in their bodies: the current attacks on the civil se...
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 make it hard to think ...
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 morale. The data support...
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 MSPB settlement figur...
The Service to America Medals—the “Sammies”—have long been treated as the Oscars of federal service. This year’s 25th annual ceremony carried a quieter message: many federal employees no longer feel s...
Federal employees do not stop being citizens when they leave the workplace. That principle matters when an employee attends a public vigil, speaks on a matter of public concern, and then faces an inte...
Federal employees received a meaningful reminder this week: retaliation-flavored personnel actions are not always the final word. FEMA has reportedly welcomed back at least 15 whistleblowers who had b...
ICE’s reported hiring surge should concern more than immigration-policy watchers. According to the transcript, the agency moved to hire 12,000 new officers and special agents after receiving a massive...
Recent developments at the Interior Department highlight a pattern federal employees should understand. Dozens of employees who spent more than a year on involuntary paid administrative leave—due to w...
For many federal employees, being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) can feel like the beginning of the end of a career. Agencies often describe PIPs as supportive tools designed to help e...
In a sweeping move, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has unilaterally terminated every major collective bargaining agreement (CBA) covering 377,000 employees. This action walks directly into mu...
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