Federal contract service workers have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits and are at risk of losing more because of bureaucratic fumbling.
Author: Joe Davidson
Border Patrol disbands units accused of covering up abuse
After a litany of abuse coverup allegations and pressure from activists and Congress, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is terminating the Border Patrol’s Critical Incident Teams.
Biden and ‘Sammies’ honor feds during Public Service Recognition Week
Public Service Recognition Week will show appreciation to public servants, including 2 million federal employees, with Presidential Rank Awards and the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America medals.
Errors rob thousands of students of Social Security benefits
A Social Security report found the agency underpaid 14,470 student beneficiaries by $59.5 million between January 2003 and May 2020 because of agency errors.
Widow wins case after protesting military trashing husband’s remains
Garilynn Smith won a complaint against the Pentagon after the Army denied her a promotion as she publicly protested the desecration of her husband’s partial remains in a Virginia landfill, a federal labor and management panel declared last week.
Construction firms hit Biden labor agreement plan that unions praise
As President Biden praised an executive order for labor agreements last week, an Associated Builders and Contractors letter accused him of “taking a dangerously partisan approach.”
GAO highlights a dozen urgent trends D.C. should prepare to confront
The Government Accountability Office’s new report on “Trends Affecting Government and Society” identifies a dozen areas of greatest national concern where “GAO can better be prepared to respond.”
Some agencies resist Biden’s pro-labor orders, federal union says
At the annual gathering of the American Federation of Government Employees, one of the biggest federal unions, leaders were full of praise for Biden’s pro-union moves — but also slammed two agencies for holding onto Trump’s anti-labor edicts.
Feds aiding Ukrainians displaced by war describe a ‘heartbreaking’ effort: ‘It’s personal’
As 3.5 million refugees and counting have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine, federal employees from a range of agencies are working on the ground in Europe to help — and confronting first-hand the “devastating” human toll of the war in person.
Airline passenger traffic dropped in the pandemic. But TSA seized more guns than ever.
In 2021, the Transportation Security Administration caught 5,972 firearms at airport checkpoints, the most ever.