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  • Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn


    Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn

    Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn

    Those delays, which former President Donald Trump seized on to spread the baseless lie that the election was stolen from him, are expected again in November, especially as all eyes will be on the battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.


    New bill would levy penalties on feds ‘impeding’ presidential directives and require new training

    New bill would levy penalties on feds ‘impeding’ presidential directives and require new training

    Former President Donald Trump has previously said he would “dismantle the deep state” and reinstitute his 2020 Schedule F policy to convert federal employees in policy-related positions to roles exempt from civil service protections, effectively making them easier to remove.


    Without budget anomaly, SSA hiring is restricted and overtime is at ‘historic lows’

    Without budget anomaly, SSA hiring is restricted and overtime is at ‘historic lows’

    Congress’ refusal to provide additional funding for the Social Security Administration in September’s two-month continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown is kneecapping two tools that are key to combatting the agency’s customer service crisis.


    A Senate bill targeting teleworkers’ locality pay now has its companion in the House

    A Senate bill targeting teleworkers’ locality pay now has its companion in the House

    And federal HR leaders have repeatedly testified before Congress that they conduct oversight to ensure feds do not take advantage of telework agreements to receive more locality pay than they are entitled.


    GOP senators blast efforts to protect transgender federal employees

    GOP senators blast efforts to protect transgender federal employees

    The guidance contains a significant amount of boilerplate language detailing that the federal government must maintain a workplace free of harassment and recruit a diverse workforce, while also defining terms like “gender non-conforming” and “non-binary” and requiring that employees be addressed “by the names and pronouns they use to describe themselves.”


    Trump says he’ll move thousands of federal workers out of Washington. Here’s what happened the first time he tried

    Trump says he’ll move thousands of federal workers out of Washington. Here’s what happened the first time he tried

    In 2019, the administration of then-President Donald Trump announced plans to relocate the federal government’s largest land management agency from the nation’s capital to Grand Junction, Colorado, a city of about 65,000 people a four-hour drive from the nearest major airport.


    Biden administration doles out $4.2 billion for big-ticket infrastructure projects

    Biden administration doles out $4.2 billion for big-ticket infrastructure projects

    “These projects are going to fund the redesign of highway interchanges to make it safer for drivers, construction of major bridges the communities count on every day, an expansion of passenger rail, expanded capacity of shipping ports to move goods more efficiently and much more,” Buttigieg told reporters.


    Feds’ employee experience and engagement continued to climb in 2024, FEVS data finds

    Feds’ employee experience and engagement continued to climb in 2024, FEVS data finds

    “Leaders across the Biden-Harris Administration — and managers and supervisors across government — have prioritized rebuilding their workforces and engaging them on the issues most important to them,” acting OPM Director Rob Shriver said in a statement.


    The federal government must make improved customer service a priority

    The federal government must make improved customer service a priority

    Another led the VA’s National Cemetery Administration, which provides burial services for veterans and their eligible family members, to a score of 97 out of 100 in the 2023 American Customer Satisfaction Index, the highest mark in the history of the survey and nearly 30 points above the government-wide average.


    FTC Announces “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

    FTC Announces “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

    Attorneys Stephen Marcus and Bruce Kuhlik discuss the ethical responsibilities of lawyers in the context of predicted attempts by Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2024 U.S. presidential election.


    Belgium opens war crime probe into Brussels man fighting for Israel in Gaza

    Belgium opens war crime probe into Brussels man fighting for Israel in Gaza

    The Belgian probe, which was officially opened on Wednesday, comes after an investigation by Palestinian journalist and Bellingcat contributor Younis Tirawi, who accused the Refaim sniper unit of “brutal execution of unarmed civilians.”


    Secret Service needs to fix ‘corrosive cultural attitudes’ with its workforce to prevent a successful assassination, panel finds

    Secret Service needs to fix ‘corrosive cultural attitudes’ with its workforce to prevent a successful assassination, panel finds

    Similar to a bipartisan report issued last month by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel cited USSS for not clearly identifying who was in charge in Butler, not adequately ensuring communication and coordination between the agency and other law enforcement entities and failing to deploy agents with requisite experience.


    Von der Leyen sets new rules for Commission cabinet hires

    Von der Leyen sets new rules for Commission cabinet hires

    The future commissioners have spent weeks anticipating these rules as they plan their five-year terms in Brussels, which will begin pending approval by the European Parliament after grueling hearings set for November.


    Federal personnel are facing threats during hurricane response, DHS chief warns

    Federal personnel are facing threats during hurricane response, DHS chief warns

    Federal employees aiding in disaster response and recovery efforts are facing threats that could lead to harm, Homeland Security Department Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cautioned on Thursday, saying his agency would help protect those being targeted.


    Candidate-centric vetting: A new era of mobility

    Candidate-centric vetting: A new era of mobility

    With more than 15 years of experience in enterprise vetting and analysis, his extensive knowledge and dedication to enhancing Trusted Workforce 2.0 make him a highly sought-after and passionate resource for driving change and improvement.


    Does Trump have the right idea about dismantling the Deep State?

    Does Trump have the right idea about dismantling the Deep State?

    Designed to accommodate clerks processing forms, and then amended in the 1960s to appease federal unions, the civil service system is a rusty industrial age machine disconnected from performance and repellant to highly qualified people.


    Election-year politics color hurricane recovery efforts

    Election-year politics color hurricane recovery efforts

    Jeff Landry says that he plans to call the legislature into a special session in November, marking the third such gathering this year, with the hopes of overhauling the state’s current tax system that the Republican said is failing residents.


    PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama

    PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama

    Sunak had the receipts, pointing out that Chancellor Rachel Reeves had once called a similar step “fiddling the figures.” Notably, Starmer didn’t rule out the reported change — and went back on the attack about the Tories’ economic record and elections rout.


    Congress left D.C. with little done, they’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try

    Congress left D.C. with little done, they’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try

    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said just a day before Hurricane Helene made landfall that Democrats would advocate for passing natural disaster response funding previously requested by the Biden administration.


    The major takeaways for federal employees from the vice presidential debate

    The major takeaways for federal employees from the vice presidential debate

    Walz and Vance traded barbs over the bipartisan border bill that failed in Congress earlier this year, in large part because Trump lobbied Republicans against it.


    OSC praises case resolutions involving alleged retaliation against federal employees

    OSC praises case resolutions involving alleged retaliation against federal employees

    The U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Wednesday touted recent resolutions to cases where agencies allegedly committed prohibited personnel practices against federal employees, including whistleblower retaliation.


    EU’s top court scraps controversial truck return obligation

    EU’s top court scraps controversial truck return obligation

    The EU's highest court threw out on Friday a controversial measure mandating that trucks have to return to their registered base every eight weeks, bringing an exceptionally bitter feud at the heart of the internal market to a close.


    New York City Mayor Faces Federal Felony Charges

    New York City Mayor Faces Federal Felony Charges

    The indictment claims that Adams urged the New York City Fire Department to let the building open in time for a planned visit by the President of Turkey.


    FBI’s Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing

    FBI’s Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing

    The U.S. government’s fiscal year ends Sept. 30, where agencies have to finalize budgets, allocate remaining funds and push through last-minute contracts before the deadline.