Forest Service

A firefighters works to stop a wildfire in Gouveia, in the Serra da Estrela mountain range, in Portugal on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Authorities in Portugal said Thursday they had brought under control a wildfire that for almost two weeks raced through pine forests in the Serra da Estrela national park, but later in the day a new fire started and threatened Gouveia. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques)

Despite massive bipartisanship, a pay raise for federal wildland firefighters is still at risk

Between one-third and one-half of federal wildland firefighters would resign if Congress doesn’t make a temporary pay raise permanent, the National Federation…

Pay

The Forest Service introduces minority students to woodland firefighting

Workforce

15 weeks until federal firefighters face ‘pay cliff,’ warn Forest Service, Interior officials

Pay

USDA

The Forest Service claims progress in the effort to control western wildfires

People

It’s not just low pay causing retention issues for federal firefighters

Hiring/Retention

For USDA, advancing DEIA means making long-term, internal changes

Workforce

Air Force will no longer shoot down Facebook foes

Federal Newscast

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks with Forest Service firefighter at the Del Rosa Fire Station during a tour of the Del Rosa Fire Station to promote wildfire fighting money included in the infrastructure bill passed last November Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 in San Bernardino, Calif. (Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP)

Forest workers want a little help finding their roots from their agency

Federal Newscast

Practice makes perfect: firefighter Nick Vallardo trains with an engine crew as they prepare for the coming wildfire season. (Lisa Cox, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

CDO Council pilot fights wildfires using interagency data to target fuel sources

All About Data

Under infrastructure law, federal firefighters to see increase in pay

Pay

In this photo provided by the United States Forest Service, firefighters battle a wildfire, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. The fire has burned more than 14 square miles and promoted a new round of evacuations of homes and cabins on Monday. (United States Forest Service via AP)

Forest Service publishes a plan to mitigate the risk of wild forest fires

Management

In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U.S. Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. The prescribed burn is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. (Kyle Kosma/High Desert Museum via AP)

Biden expands pay, hiring for federal firefighters, but union warns it’s not enough

The Biden administration recently announced a series of steps it would take to improve pay and expand capacity for federal firefighters, but a federal…

Workforce

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS provided poor customer service during this year's tax filing season as taxpayers struggled with a rise in identity theft and complications related to President Barack Obamas health law, a government watchdog said Wednesday. A new report by the National Taxpayer Advocate says the IRS has been hampered by budget cuts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS discontinuing incentive payments for employees who go into office

In today’s Federal Newscast, the IRS will no longer be giving employees 10-25% pay increase for going into the office during the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal Newscast

Anne-Marie Fennell, Government Accountability Office

GAO: National park and forest employees left without adequate safety plans

Federal Drive

Feds working out there in the nation’s parks and forests face special dangers but agency managers don’t have a good handle on the numbers.