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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.
Trump taps HUD official to lead federal personnel office
John Gibbs is the fourth person to be nominated to lead the Office of Personnel Management under the Trump administration.
By Jessie Bur
Proposed rule would protect feds’ health benefits during a shutdown
Lapses in government appropriations would have less of an impact on federal insurance plans under a proposed rule.
By Jessie Bur
Federal leadership awards to be canceled for 2020
The Presidential Rank Awards are used to recognize and provide bonuses to senior federal employees that have demonstrated prolonged exceptional service.
By Jessie Bur
US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades
The U.S. on Tuesday carried out its first federal execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana. The Trump administration immediately appealed to a higher court, asking that the executions move forward.
Employee viewpoint survey gets another delay
Feds will not see the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey for another two months.
By Jessie Bur
Return to work plans ‘endanger’ federal workers, senators say
Four senators representing the states surrounding Washington, D.C. have called federal return to work plans unsafe and premature in the wake of new COVID-19 numbers.
By Jessie Bur
Benefits remain a top motivator for federal employment
Benefit packages like annuities, thrift savings plans and health insurance offerings remained popular reasons for people to take and stay in federal jobs.
By Jessie Bur
New bill would hit the brakes on agency relocations
Legislation introduced in the House and Senate would require agencies to produce a a cost-benefit analysis for any proposed relocations that would impact at least five percent of their workforce.
By Jessie Bur