❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Before yesterdayMain stream

EPA violated union contract during RIF and reorganization, arbitrator rules

It’s not yet clear whether EPA will appeal the ruling, but an EPA spokesperson said the agency β€œis not bound by the arbitrator’s decision.”

Β© AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

FILE - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building is seen in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

A Medicare policy designed to encourage certain business arrangements produced unexpected results

"The exclusion bar can be for the rest of your lifetime or for several years, but it effectively halts your ability to participate," said Alice Harris.

Β© The Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Federal unions sue again to block USDA reorganization

The new lawsuit comes after a federal judge ruled that a preliminary injunction motion over the USDA reorganization belonged as its own separate legal action.

Β© Getty Images/iStockphoto/OceanFishing

The Department of Agriculture office building in D.C.

The court said to pay up. So where’s Secret Service’s overtime?

"Now our challenge is to communicate this settlement...over 5,000 current and former Secret Service agents are entitled to share in," Nicholas Wieczorek said.

Β© Getty Images/iStockphoto/Ben185

U.S. Secret Service officer, wearing a vest with various equipment attached, stands in front of White House. Washington DC. USA

How complex conflicts of interest plague military housing

"It's a mangled system when you have a tenants' bill of rights for service members where the housing companies participate in the drafting," RenΓ© Kladzyk said.

Β© The Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is pictured at Mountain Home Air Force Base, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)

DoD launches pilots to overhaul EEO processes, speed up complaint investigations

The pilot programs are part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s broader effort to overhaul equal opportunity programs, which he claims have been β€œweaponized.”

Β© Getty Images/Westy72

River entrance of the Department of Defense building.
❌
❌