Trump claims big jump in VA trust scores, but data shows modest gains
Patient satisfaction rates have improved steadily at VA in recent years, but Trump insists his changes have reformed the entire department.
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VA cancels plans for employee satisfaction survey this year
VA has conducted a poll of federal employees every year since 2006, but won't distrubute one this year amid multiple reforms to the workforce.
Is Veterans Day a federal holiday?
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it to celebrate the cessation of hostilities during World War I.
Poll workers train for conflict, with federal law enforcement backup
Assistant U.S. attorneys are assigned to oversee Election Day and deal with threats of violence to election staff.
Do I owe social security disability backpay to FERS?
Reg Jones is the resident expert on retirement and the federal government at Federal Times.
Labor shortage pinching aerospace, defense sectors
Study found 70% of companies in the aerospace and defense sector saw increased turnover in the last 12 months.
As midterms approach, Americans are skeptical of federal government
Only 39% of people polled believe the federal government is effective at impacting people’s lives in a positive way.
Here’s the 76 new agencies, employers seeking to hire military spouses
From Department of Justice to TD Bank and Hunt Companies, these employers want to hire military spouses.
NOAA, energy bureau seek to expand wind power while sparing rare whale
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released a draft plan this month.
Do I have to wait until my birthday to retire?
Reg Jones is the resident expert on retirement and the federal government at Federal Times.
Paul Pelosi attack highlights rising threats to lawmakers
U.S. Capitol Police investigated almost 10,000 threats to members last year, more than twice the number from four years earlier.
