Suit Filed to Compel Finalization of Administrative Leave Rules

by FEDweek | July 9, 2024
A public interest group has filed a suit seeking to compel OPM to finalize rules to carry out changes in law enacted in 2016 that among other things would limit the practice of putting federal employees on administrative leave indefinitely pending a possible disciplinary action. Public ...

Horse roundup kicking up controversy in Wyoming

by Buffalo Bulletin | July 8, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday set out on one of the largest Wyoming roundups in recent memory, aiming to corral and remove 2,715 wild horses and reduce the state’s biggest herds by as much as 90%. The combined herd area is home to 3,035 horses. Chandra Rosenthal, director of ...

TSP mobile app gets update, new features

A public-sector advocacy group is suing the Office of Personnel Management over a nearly seven-year delay in implementing a law passed by Congress. The Administrative Leave Act allows agencies to put federal employees on paid administrative leave for a maximum of 90 days while they ...

Outrage after Biden administration reinstates ‘barbaric’ Trump-era hunting rules

by The Guardian | July 7, 2024
The Biden administration has reinstated controversial Trump-era rules allowing what critics say are “barbaric” hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska. Sport hunters use the practices, like killing young in their dens, to ...

Lawsuit urges OPM to end 7-year delay to keep feds off indefinite paid administrative leave

by Federal News Network | July 3, 2024
A public-sector advocacy group is suing the Office of Personnel Management over a nearly seven-year delay in finalizing a rule, which plaintiffs say would keep agencies from putting federal employees on paid administrative leave indefinitely. Public Employees for Environmental ...
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