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When will I get my welcome to retirement letter from OPM?
The federal employee retirement backlog shot back up in January, snapping a four-month streak of steadily shrinking caseloads.
By Reg Jones
Empty federal employment board gets one step closer to full membership
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee voted Oct. 6 to move forward on three nominations to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
By Jessie Bur
How merit board nominees plan to address the ever-growing backlog
The backlog of more than 3,000 cases at the Merit Systems Protection Board could take years to clear, if and when the Senate confirms any members.
By Jessie Bur
Whistleblower training at VA would be mandatory under new bill
The legislation aims to improve the means of exposing waste and fraud at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By Jessie Bur
Slate of bills to protect feds and transparency considered in committee
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. led the House introduction of five of the six bills designed to protect whistleblowers and those that investigate their allegations and to increase transparency of government operations.
By Jessie Bur
OPM nominee: better technology is necessary to ‘honor’ retirees
Nominee to head the Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja envisions the best way to improve the backlog of retirement processing is turning to digital.
By Jessie Bur
Agency watchdogs lack protection and resources to fulfill missions
Inspectors general often lack the staff, influence and protection from political interference to fully accomplish their missions of uncovering waste, fraud and abuse.
By Jessie Bur
Biden fills long-vacant labor investigative position
The appointment will allow the Federal Labor Relations Authority's Office of General Counsel to prosecute unfair labor charges for the first time in over three years.
By Jessie Bur
Blumenthal seeks probe amid whistleblower claims at VA facility where 2 workers died in accident
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he received 75 pages of documents from two whistleblowers that include “powerful evidence that complaints of unsafe conditions were either disregarded or dismissed.”
Feds have fewer whistleblower rights than in the private sector
Whistleblower advocacy groups called on Congress to expand federal employees' available options to address calling out waste, fraud and abuse at their agencies.
By Jessie Bur