In the government, there can be many types of scandals. Some, like Watergate, contain multiple incidents of legal violations made at the highest levels. Others should only be called scandal in quotes. The GSA conference overspending "scandal" appears to have been one...
Month: March 2013
African American federal employees still face discrimination in workplace
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a report last week detailing some the discriminatory issues facing African American federal workers. The report also outlined some suggestion on how to go about improving the work opportunities. The...
CBP employees facing almost three-weeks of furlough cuts
The latest federal agency to begin the process of notifying employees of furloughs is Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The agency, which has more than 60,000 employees, started sending notices that furloughs would begin after April 21 and could entail up to 14...
Sequestration takes effect; what happens next for federal employees
Now that Congress and the President have failed to prevent sequestration from going into effect, for many federal employees, the question on their minds becomes "what now?" The truth is, no one really knows, because no one has experience with this type of situation....