American Federation of Government Employees

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VA reviewing 4,000 positions at risk of pay downgrade

VA positions under review include a mix of white-collar General Schedule (GS) and blue-collar Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Pay

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Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Budget

Amid safety concerns, AFGE urges Congress to increase Bureau of Prisons funding

Federal Newscast

Federal employee groups want to know why civilians can’t get the same raise as military members this year

Federal Newscast

TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

Unions

Social Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

SSA adds ‘episodic’ telework flexibility for agency employees

Workforce

White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships for skills-based hiring

Workforce

Congressional staff, Congress, minibus, funding, budget

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Months of tense negotiations and four continuing resolutions later, a new appropriations minibus puts several agencies at or below fiscal 2023 spending levels.

Budget

BOP staffing problems roll on and on

The IG report goes on and on, but the theme is clear. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has an important operational short-fill it’s got to fix.

Federal Report

VHA tells leaders to rescind job offers only as a ‘last resort’ to manage size of health care workforce

Hiring/Retention

The Veterans Health Administration, in recent memos, put a temporary pause on pulling back job offers, then told leadership and HR officials to only rescind job offers as an “action of last resort.”