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The author says that the number of gifted and knowledgeable people working in human resources are rapidly disappearing onto the retirement rolls. He outlines a scenario that has arisen as a result of this which could have disastrous consequences for the employee involved.
The Inspector General at OPM was concerned about fraud and abuse in the Federal Employee’s Compensation Program at the agency and recommends changes.
As part of his Shrink our Spending initiative, Congressman Matt Salmon (R-AZ) is introducing legislation that would take away grants for free yoga classes for federal employees.
A House Committee hearing last week looked at reforming the health benefits for postal employees in an effort to deal with the Postal Service’s massive and ongoing financial losses. Could moving postal workers to Medicare ultimately force other federal employees onto this system as well?
Would the Postal Service benefit from expanding into new, non-postal business areas to try to shore up its ailing finances? A new report says no.
Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) is introducing legislation to clamp down on VA food safety inspections after a whistleblower report highlighted unsanitary conditions at a kitchen facility in a Chicago area VA hospital.
A new policy states that the federal government may look at an employee’s social media accounts as part of conducting background investigations for a security clearance.
A new directive from the Departments of Justice and Education tells schools that they must allow transgender students to use sex-segregated facilities of their chosen gender identity.
Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has released a list of government funded research studies that he calls “missed opportunities” in which time and money could have been put to better use.
There are circumstances under which former military members who subsequently work for the federal civil service short of a 20 years active duty military retirement can buy time for civil service pension accrual purposes.
