As the Department of Homeland Security considers the process of resuming normal operations, unions representing agency employees are calling on agency leadership to ensure that personnel have adequate resources to protect against exposure to COVID-19. 06/16/2020
The ruling gives state, local and private sector workers the same civil rights protections available for years to federal employees. 06/15/2020
The AFL-CIO had sought to force OSHA to issue an emergency temporary standard that would have addressed infectious disease in the workplace. 06/12/2020
The Pentagon is moving to a restricted Phase One of its reopening plan June 15, the Defense Department announced, with essential personnel returning to headquarters. 06/12/2020
Steve Linick told lawmakers that he didn't know why he was dismissed from his post, but many Democrats say investigations of Secretary Mike Pompeo played a role. 06/10/2020
A federal judge ruled that the Federal Labor Relations Authority went too far in enforcing new working conditions at Customs and Border Protection. 06/09/2020
A former union official says crisis management teams have historically been deployed for crowd control, protecting federal buildings. 06/08/2020
Despite plans to incrementally push workers to return to the office, federal agencies still plan on allowing some employees to continue to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. 06/08/2020
However positive signs in the May jobs report could sideline federal legislation to extend aid to local governments. 06/05/2020
Essye Miller, DOD's outgoing principal deputy CIO, talks about COVID, the state of the tech workforce and the hard conversations DOD has to have to prepare personnel for the future. 06/05/2020
Steve Kelman notes the latest accomplishment for the federally focused Coding it Forward initiative. 06/05/2020
Priorities include preserving collective bargaining rights, granting paid family leave 06/04/2020
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other senior officials signaled opposition to the use of active duty troops to police nationwide protests, but are running up against a commander-in-chief who appears to welcome conflict. 06/03/2020
The government-owned utility was "lagging" in its shift to managed services, the CIO said, and opted to go to a fully outsourced IT services plan. 06/03/2020
As Capitol Region local governments are starting to phase in their own reopening plans, the Office of Personnel Management put out a detailed guide for returning its own employees to the office. 06/02/2020
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