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VA severs ties with most federal unions, terminating worker contracts
About 80% of VA's roughly 450,000 employees are union members, but the department will no longer honor its contracts with the bargaining units.
OPM begins reversal of Trump’s workforce orders
The Office of Personnel Management's guidance instructs agencies to undo ongoing and already-enacted agreements made under President Donald Trump's orders.
By Jessie Bur
Presidential awards return after a pandemic pause
The Presidential Rank Awards honor the most exemplary members of the Senior Executive Service and senior career employees.
By Jessie Bur
The battle for the future of the federal workforce
Members of Congress are fundamentally divided on how best to improve the federal civil service.
By Jessie Bur
Federal labor’s high expectations for a Biden workforce revitalization
President Joe Biden has promised to be a pro-union president, and federal labor leaders expect a robust enforcement of that policy.
By Jessie Bur
Agencies begin to issue new COVID safety plans
Federal agency plans to protect employees from COVID-19 exposure have taken a more strict approach under the Biden administration than under the Trump administration.
By Jessie Bur
How the Pentagon will administer vaccines to its workforce
Vaccinations against COVID-19 will be available to all Department of Defense employees at the Pentagon Reservation through a phased distribution plan.
By Jessie Bur
D.C. federal offices closed due to snow and ice
Potentially dangerous weather conditions in the Washington, D.C. area have caused the Office of Personnel Management to order the closure of federal offices to all but emergency personnel.
By Jessie Bur
DoD has vaccinated nearly 300,000 civilians for COVID-19
Federal employees, contractors and military beneficiaries at the Department of Defense have been steadily receiving COVID-19 vaccines based on job roles and vulnerability to the disease.
By Jessie Bur
Bill would cut over 100,000 DoD jobs
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., introduced the Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act, which mandates a 15 percent reduction in civilian Defense Department employees.
By Jessie Bur
DoD has a blind spot for civilian employee sexual assaults
Department of Defense components do not uniformly report civilian sexual harassment and assault, leading to an incomplete understanding of the problem and its potential solutions.
By Jessie Bur