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TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

After AFGE ratified the new bargaining agreement for TSA, agency leaders will have to give the contract a final sign-off before implementation begins.

Unions

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Here’s how to fire a fed

Federal Report

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You’re fired! No, you’re not. Hold it, wait a minute…

Federal Report

The government’s people agency has a growing task list of its own

Agency Oversight

Connolly NDAA amendment would put a Schedule F revival to rest

Congress

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FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

20 years after 9/11, TSA officers renew calls for higher pay

Workforce

Can the federal workforce work both at-will and non-politically?

Workforce

Transportation Security Officers are carefully watching a bill in Congress that could change their lives

Workforce

Now the question is when, not how, to fix federal hiring

Federal Report

Congress eyes wide variety of federal workforce changes for future coronavirus relief bill

Congress

Know your new paid sick leave benefits during the coronavirus pandemic

Explainers

Enough with all the hiring authorities already, CHCOs tell Congress

Chief human capital officers at two of the largest federal agencies had a clear message for Congress: Don’t give us any more hiring authorities.

Hiring/Retention

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, National Security Agency director and head of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Nakasone says the military learned a lot as it worked with other government agencies to thwart Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections. He says the focus has turned to the next election cycle. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New DoD personnel system hires cyber workers faster, but numbers still small

U.S. Cyber Command said the new Cyber Excepted Service has cut its time-to-hire by 60 percent. But so far, DoD has only used the new personnel system for…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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Under new accountability act, VA employees fear one mistake will cost them their jobs

Veterans Affairs

Employees say the Veterans Affairs Department’s interpretation of the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act doesn’t give them enough time to improve performance.