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As the Defense Department mulls over a bigger role for the Joint Staff, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that role won't grow the size of the organization.
It's been said that when the Pentagon gets a cold, federal workers in all other agencies sneeze. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey translates that into English.
A new bill would get rid of law enforcement units at the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and transfer those authorities to local police instead. The legislation also requires both secretaries at the agriculture and interior departments develop a grants program for states who will use local law enforcement to police federal lands.
Federal News Radio speaks with the leader of DoD's New Beginnings program about the changes employees will see starting in April.
Federal employee engagement has been studied extensively through the Office of Personnel Management's annual viewpoint study. Julie Osowski, senior research psychologist at Merit Systems Protection Board, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about MSPB's effort to look beyond the external factors that affect employee engagement.
As of last week, all of the Defense Department components that fall under the direct control of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) are barred from hiring any new civilian employees.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
Epidemic Intelligence Service officers serve as the disease detectives when an outbreak happens.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released photos showing the damage caused by militia members who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year.
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen warned that without adequate funding and a renewed hiring authority from Congress, the IRS is going to remain understaffed, less vigilant against tax fraud and at a higher risk of cyber attack.
The Federal Managers Association elected Renee Johnson, an active leader within the organization and 26-year veteran of federal employment, to lead the national advocacy group as its new president
With apologies to comedian Jeff Foxworthy, former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal ticks off things that might make you a bureaucrat.
There isn't much more the Veterans Affairs Department can do, now that the Merit Systems Protection Board overturned punishments for two of four senior executives accused of misconduct. The VA handed out lighter punishments to the four VBA leaders, despite criticism from Congress.
This week's Pentagon Solutions looks at sleep-deprivation among Army soldiers and defective contract at six Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilding programs.