1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (437+ words) Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. , during a hearing on Dec. 5, 2024. He introduced legislation that would make changes to the IRS whistleblower program. Samuel Corum / Getty Images The House on Monday passed, 346-10, a bipartisan bill that would make several reforms to an…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (162+ words) A pair of whistleblower protection organizations announced Tuesday that they will represent dozens of Environmental Protection Agency staffers who were suspended last year following their endorsement of a "declaration of dissent" to Administrator Lee Zeldin in proceedings before a quasi-judicial…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (815+ words) The Health and Human Services Department is adding back a majority of the positions it slashed last year, with the head of the agency telling lawmakers on Tuesday the hiring spree is necessary to conduct its work." Secretary Robert Kennedy…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (653+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, marking what small business advocates call a "complex" first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, which the U. S. Supreme…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (304+ words) Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. , led 14 senators in asking OPM to rescind its request to collect federal employee health care data. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A group of 16 Democratic senators on Monday called on the Office of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (346+ words) The IRS workforce has shrunk by about a quarter since the start of Trump's second term. Kevin Carter / Getty Images The IRS workforce is a day away from completing its first tax season since the Trump administration's staffing cuts at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (113+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week instructed leaders to terminate most of the department's collective bargaining agreements, more than a year after President Trump signed an executive order banning federal employee unions from many agencies on national security grounds. Not…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (797+ words) One of Henry Ford's famous quotes, "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success," describes how the business of providing retirement counseling to federal employees should work. In the 40-plus years I've been helping federal…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (652+ words) A consumer watchdog agency would see its workforce cut in by two-thirds from the staffing levels it employed 15 months ago under a new plan the Trump administration is seeking court approval to implement." Under the revised layoff plan, the Consumer…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (428+ words) Officials with the nation's largest federal employee union on Friday raised concerns that a 2024 law enabling the General Services Administration to offload federal property based on low occupancy rates could mistakenly target busy Social Security Administration field offices for closure....