1+ week, 5+ day ago   (388+ words) President Trump proposed a freeze on base and locality pay for most civilian federal employees in 2027. However, certain federal law enforcement personnel would receive a 3.8 percent raise to boost recruitment to those positions, as happened last year. In a letter…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (388+ words) "When a federal law enforcement officer and their family are impacted by tragic circumstances, help will be just a phone call away." That was the inspired vision of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers (F.L.E.O.) Foundation's first president, Bob Van Etten. Today,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (240+ words) A federal appeals court ruling could make it easier for federal employees to qualify for disability retirement benefits. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with a former Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employee, ruling that disability retirement…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (315+ words) The federal government may be leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in potential savings on the table by failing to act on years of recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). That’s the takeaway of new GAO reports, which said…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) A panel reviewing the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is calling for a slew of changes in its final report, including staff changes and transferring more power to local authorities. However, the report focuses more heavily on…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (271+ words) A group of Senate Democrats introduced new legislation aimed at shielding federal employees from negative impacts to their credit scores during a government shutdown. Democrats in the Senate introduced the 2026 Federal Worker Credit Protection Act (S. 4478). It would bar credit reporting…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (547+ words) The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced nine bills designed to crack down on fraud in the federal government, including one that will implement anti-fraud training standards throughout the federal workforce. “These sweeping legislative reforms will stop fraudulent payments…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (514+ words) Workers at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and General Services Administration (GSA) are set to share office space starting in July, as part of a broad push to shrink the federal real estate footprint. In July, GSA staffers will…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (401+ words) President Trump issued a memo telling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay all of its employees during the ongoing shutdown, noting that “these circumstances constitute an emergency situation compromising the Nation’s security.” In a memo, the president directed…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (415+ words) There are signs of a thaw in the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the shutdown approaching 40 days and Congress set to take a two-week recess next week. In return, Senate Republicans said they would try…...