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Imagine an operation in which 10,000 law enforcement people worldwide arrested a thousand violent organized criminals. That is what happened in 2021, in an operation known as Trojan Shield. A Justice Department team led the effort. Team leaders have won this year's Service to America Medal for safety, security and international affairs. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with one of them: Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Mellor.
The 14 labor groups said OPM’s proposed rule has specific provisions that would support the career federal workforce for a long time.
DHS wants to make sure employees at the Counter Weapons Office of Mass Destruction stay feds, even if Congress lets the office's authority terminate.
Remarkably, even when national unemployment rates hover around 3.5%, individuals with disabilities still find themselves disproportionately underrepresented in the workforce. In 2022, a mere 21.3% of disabled individuals were gainfully employed. This stark disparity demands immediate attention and concerted efforts to rectify.
In today's Federal Newscast: Two congressmen are raising concerns about child care for essential workers during a government shutdown. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced a bill to keep the D.C. court system open during a government shutdown. And a conference committee prepares to hammer out differences over the annual defense authorization bill.
Luckily, most federal employees do not have contact with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which deals with, among other things, bad treatment by supervisors, whistleblower retaliation, and mistreated veterans. But when you need the OSC, you can have a powerful ally, which has been led for six years by Henry Kerner, who will be moving on soon, as his term up expires. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked to Henry Kerner.
Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest is a former federal chief information officer, who served in both political and non-political appointed positions. He has a thing or to say about government performance and delivering on programs. And he's published a book about it. Former IRS and Homeland Security CIO Richard Spires joins Tom Temin for this conversation.
After telling their supervisors they were pregnant, the CBP employees allege that they were forced into temporary light duty status and saw cuts to benefits such as overtime pay and promotional opportunities.
DHS wants to increase meaningful in-person work, but “the range of workplace flexibilities has, and will continue to, look differently across the department,” DHS' CHCO writes.
Since the government moved swiftly in the wake of the pandemic to continue services, it now must reevaluate what’s required to support a hybrid workforce long term. Verizon’s Sunil Rajan shares both the challenges and the benefits.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is on the Government Accountability Office's High Risk List. It is there primarily because of its long-term fiscal uncertainty and questions about whether, in the long run, it can pay the benefits it owes retired Americans. But SSA also has an other internal management problem, stemming from its Office of Inspector General.
In today's Federal Newscast: An IRS watchdog says the handling of sensitive taxpayer records is often sloppy. CISA launches a new program to help bolster the network security of critical infrastructure organizations. And Republicans look to "get feds out of the classroom" by freezing hiring at the Education Department.
Persistence and focus have paid off for one Labor Department policy advisor. His beat for 23 years of federal service has been access for people with disabilities, access to transportation, jobs, and technology at the federal and state levels.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is strengthening its ability to investigate and remedy employment discrimination allegations filed against federal contractors.