Federal Report

Courtesy of: https://www.justice.gov/archives/olp/staff-profile/former-assistant-attorney-general-office-legal-policy-hampton-y-dellingerHampton Yeats Dellinger

For federal employee justice, some continuity in leadership

Sometimes things work sort of normally in the government when it comes to federal workplace justice. The Senate last week confirmed the new Special Counsel.

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(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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Telework redux: A day in the life of one D.C. office

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Photo by Eric Pilgrim With a large portion of military moves requiring the involvement of packers and movers, it’s the Army Transportation Office’s job to ensure standards are being met.

Another possible challenge for DoD’s $18B moving contract: No movers

DoD’s overhaul of its system to move servicemembers’ goods from place to place was supposed to have been implemented by now. But so far, no major moving…

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For General Schedule employees, pay compression got a little worse in 2024

After the latest 5.2% federal pay raise, pay compression now applies to 60% of locality pay areas, with some senior-level feds in 35 of the 58 areas hitting…

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FILE - Colette Peters, director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks after being sworn in at BOP headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 28, to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The bill is being introduced a day before Peters is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Pay reduction at Bureau of Prisons facility: Another view

Former Bureau of Prisons warden says incentive pay at an Illinois facility should be removed and the staff reduced.

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