Ask Reg: Can I negotiate my federal salary offer?Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee.By Reg Jones2 months ago
Ask Reg: How long does it take to be vested for federal pension?A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility.By Reg Jones2 months ago
OpinionSetting a global standard for safe AI adoptionWhile the government considers new mandates around AI, there are other resources available to use as a starting point for safe use of the technology.By Gaurav (GP) Pal4 months ago
OpinionThe US has always had ‘big government’ – even in the Colonial eraThe idea of small government is a myth at odds with U.S. history, the authors argue.By Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University, and Joseph P. Tomain, University of Cincinnati4 months ago
Federal workers with only high school degrees outearn private sectorCBO data from 2022 discloses how federal pay may not fall too behind private sectors for workers with lower levels of education.By Cristina Stassis4 months ago
Federal workers, both Democrat and Republican, eager to vote this fallPast behavior shows this population will show up big at the polls. How feds will vote is less clear.By Molly Weisner4 months ago
FDIC fostered ‘misogynistic,’ ‘patriarchal’ workplace, report findsMore than 500 workers reported incidents of harassment, discrimination and other issues, a law firm found.By Fatima Hussein4 months ago
Medicare, Social Security go-broke dates pushed back by strong economyMedicare’s go-broke date for its hospital insurance trust fund was pushed back five years to 2036, Social Security’s trust funds run into trouble in 2035.By Fatima Hussein and Tom Murphy4 months ago
More than two-thirds of federal buildings need repair, watchdog findsCritical maintenance for fire suppression, generators and emergency lighting had gone unaddressed, the report finds.By Molly Weisner5 months ago
Biden, Trump worlds apart on most issues, including federal workforceTrump vows an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which he has long blamed for stymying his first term agenda.5 months ago
OpinionNOAA’s budget is too small. That’s costing the US billions of dollarsWith a fiscal year 2024 budget of $6.3 billion, the nation’s leading weather and climate agency remains significantly underfunded.By Scott Rayder5 months ago
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providersThe move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.By David Hamilton5 months ago