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OPM details expectations for new RIF rules

After a final rule upending the RIF process took full effect, performance will now be the top priority, with seniority and tenure serving as tiebreakers.

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Government is very good at preventing mistakes, but what if that comes at the expense of actually solving problems?

"Somewhere along the way we've lost the tolerance for federal workers to make a mistake when they're trying to do the best job that they can," said Rob Shriver.

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On 9/11, recall the patriots in 400 towers

By: Tom Temin
7 September 2026 at 14:31
Attack by air ironically showed the resilience of the air traffic control system, plus the skill and nerves of people who landed a million passengers safely.

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In this March 16, 2017 photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. President Donald Trump is looking to shift responsibility for the system from the government to a private, nonprofit corporation run by airlines and other aviation interests. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

MSPB finalizes major shift in federal employee misconduct cases

Instead of using the Douglas factors, MSPB will judge whether an agency’s penalty for an employee accused of misconduct was reasonable on a case-by-case basis.

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What the OPM memo means for the future of the FEVS

The effort by OPM to "decentralize" administration of the FEVS will result in higher costs for the taxpayers for a lower quality result, if a result ever comes.

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Federal wildland firefighters can now earn higher pay rates

OPM says the final rule creates β€œpay parity,” since both types of work involve similar health and safety risks from fire and smoke.

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A wildland firefighter works to contain the flames at the Buffalo Fire site Wednesday, June 13, 2018, near Silverthorne, Colo. As of 10:45 am Wednesday, the 91 acre fire is 0 percent contained but no homes were damaged. (Hugh Carey/Summit Daily News via AP)

EEOC proposes overhaul of federal sector complaint process

The EEOC voted 2-1 to adopt a notice of proposed rulemaking, seeking to eliminate or revise several major steps of the federal sector complaint process.

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FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Can the president ignore the CSRA’s job protections for federal employees?

If the Court ultimately endorses this administration’s actions for all employees as a matter of unitary executive theory, the entire CSRA will be invalidated.

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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.

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Months after Foreign Service families evacuated parts of the Middle East, uncertainty continues

"I think the administration is constricting the lens by which they're going to hire people in the future because of their own actions," said John Dinkelman.

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