The Texas Whistleblower Act: A Basic Overview
Texas Whistleblower Act (TWA) (§ 554 of the Texas Government Code) protects Texas public employees who report violations of law by their employer from retaliation. Whistleblowers…
Ruling eases Trump’s push to fire feds
WASHINGTON, D.C. (E&E News) — President Donald Trump may have another path to downsize the federal workforce thanks to a decision by an independent agency meant to…
Trump Strips Federal Worker Union Rights as Legal Fights Drag On
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Bloomberg Law) — Federal agencies are redoubling efforts to dismantle their workers’ collective bargaining rights with the Trump administration mostly…
Hegseth: Supervisors Expected to Encourage Personnel to Volunteer for ICE, CBP Details
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEDweek) — Secretary of War/Defense Pete Hegseth has called on supervisors to encourage department civilians to volunteer for temporary details to DHS in…
At least 15 senior CBP employees were pushed out under Noem: Sources
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Washington Examiner) — More than 15 federal employees were forced out of senior posts at the Department of Homeland Security agency U.S. Customs and…
DOJ clears the way for government to hire technologists still connected to their private sector employers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NextGov) — The Justice Department issued an opinion last week authorizing the Trump administration’s plan to allow employees from tech companies to work…
4 Questions About Trump’s Retirement Savings Pitch
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Law360) — President Donald Trump’s promise that workers whose employers don’t contribute to their retirement savings will get access to the…
Congress gave feds a 3-month break from layoffs. A court decides what happens next
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Federal News Network) — Lawmakers gave federal employees a three-month reprieve from governmentwide layoffs, as part of back-and-forth budget negotiations…
OPM seeks to consolidate power over employee appeals in new regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The Office of Personnel Management this week proposed two new sets of regulations that would grant itself the authority to…
ICE is scrutinizing work from home permissions for its employees with disabilities, continuing trend across government
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reviewing any reasonable accommodation that its employees have that permit telework or…