President Extends Labor Relations Council Until 2013
The President has extended the Labor Relations Council until 2013 via a recent executive order.
Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
The President has extended the Labor Relations Council until 2013 via a recent executive order.
The author suggestions that anyone in need of a good laugh should read OPM’s recent report on union official time use in the government.
The statutory right of an agency head to review an agreement before it is implemented has been eliminated by the FLRA. The case is now going to court.
A new report issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform argues that it is time to cut off Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from their government provided support for good.
An Interior Department economist was bestowed with a $383,600 award by a group the employee assisted in bringing a successful false claims action involving underpayment by oil companies. The employee was fired. Here is the most recent appeals court decision. It isn’t over yet.
The author says that the financial meltdown in 2008 mirrored the stock market crash of 1929 and could have been avoided if the Glass-Steagall Act had not been repealed.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the author remembers a long time friend and veteran of the Vietnam War, Albert “Bud” Harenchar, Jr.
A federal appeals court has backed disciplinary action against a postal service manager that was taken for his sex-based and race-based comments as well as an apparent intentional “dropping of his pants” at work.
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) has introduced legislation that would ban smoking in federal buildings across the nation.
Are you a current or retired federal employee who will be turning 65 soon along with millions of other baby boomers? If so, how will you answer this question: “Should I sign up for Medicare, Part B?”