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PEER sues to force OPM to implement administrative leave reforms

by Elizabeth Duan | July 3, 2024
An environmental advocacy group is following through on the ultimatum it set last fall, suing the Office of Personnel Management in an effort to force the government’s HR agency to implement a 7-year-old law aimed at limiting agencies’ ability to put federal workers accused of ...

EPA has a new plan to protect career scientists, but some are questioning its efficacy

by Elizabeth Duan | January 24, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is asking for employee feedback on its plan to protect career federal scientists from political influence and while early feedback from at least some of them is that the new policies are insufficient, EPA officials are pledging to be flexible and ...

Science group threatens lawsuit over OPM’s failure to implement limiting involuntary leave for feds accused of misconduct

by Susan Sargent | September 25, 2023
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit advocacy group, demanded action to implement the law last week in a petition for rulemaking, and warned if the agency fails to do so within 60 days, the nonprofit will file a lawsuit. In the years since the Administrative ...

First revamped science policy falls short of fulfilling Biden’s promise to protect scientists, watchdogs say

by Susan Sargent | September 5, 2023
The Health and Human Services Department became the first agency to publicly update its Scientific Integrity Policy, following an edict from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy to strengthen its protections for civil servants working in science and research. HHS ...

‘It’s Glacial’: One Agency Is Still Struggling to Overcome the ‘Assault’ on Its Workforce

by Susan Sargent | March 7, 2023
The department, which declined to comment for this story, has recognized it is facing a crisis. It is being asked to do more than ever before, but has fewer people with which to do it. In a recent workforce planning document, Interior said the infrastructure law and the GOAO will force it ...
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