Procedural Points | DCSA AVS (Part 2) – The Personal Appearance
Upon receiving a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Revoke Eligibility for Access to Classified Information and/or Assignment to Duties that have been Designated National Security…
Stricter Suitability Standards: What Fed Employees Can Learn from Security Clearance Holders
“Public service is a privilege, not a right.” — Then-Acting Director of OPM, Chuck Ezell On June 3. 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed…
Procedural Points | DCSA AVS (Part 1) – Responding to Your SOR
In December 2024, the outgoing Biden Administration ended five years of jurisdictional infighting within the Defense Department’s security review process by limiting the…
Trump administration’s claims against automatic furloughed worker backpay lack legal, historical basis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The White House’s claims that a 2019 law guaranteeing backpay to both furloughed and excepted federal workers following the end…
Hegseth targets IG investigations as Signalgate report looms
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Politico) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sprinkled several new rules into his Tuesday speech to military leaders that will carry more serious…
What Recourse Remains for Federal Correctional Employees Without a Union?
Trump Administrative efforts to undo the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 since January 2025 continued in late summer as the anti-labor reforms initially directed at the National…
Does agency messaging blaming Democrats for government shutdown violate the Hatch Act?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The Housing and Urban Development Department’s website currently displays a red banner that says “The Radical Left in Congress…
Trump admin says US engaged in ‘armed conflict’ with drug smugglers after 4 boat strikes
WASHINGTON, D.C. (New York Post) — The Trump administration has informed Congress that the US engaged in “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels following…
Donald Trump’s Plans for ‘Irreversible’ Firings Face Major Legal Hurdles
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Newsweek) — As the U.S. government entered its first shutdown since 2019, President Donald Trump escalated warnings that the funding lapse could allow his…
Federal Employees, Prepare: OPM’s Suitability Overhaul Is Coming
It was back in March of 2025 that President Trump directed OPM to revise its suitability rules. But it was not until June that the actual text became publicly available for…