“Serving those who serve in government”
The movie "All the President's Men" tells the true story of how intrepid reporters broke the Watergate Scandal that ultimately sank the presidency of Richard Nixon back in the 1970s. The source of the most damning leads was a person identified at the time only as...
Watergate has been the most famous political scandal of the last 50 years, and the only one that resulted in the resignation of the president. The teaching lesson of Watergate has been that it was the lying and the cover-up that ended the Nixon presidency.And that...
Everyone is in favor "fair and open" hiring procedures. It is especially important for entities like the federal government, for one, because violating the Civil Service laws is illegal, and secondly, we want federal jobs to be open for all qualified citizens and the...
Office of Special Counsel (OSC) obtained an order in a case involving potential retaliation by the Department of Homeland Security against one of their employees. The order from one of members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) will provide 45 days for the...
While the federal government is responsible for the enforcement of all of the federal employment laws and regulations in the U.S., it is also a very large bureaucracy. There are tens of thousands of employees and managers working in diverse jobs, including medical...
No matter how well intentioned, legislation that favors any particular group can cause bad feeling, resentment and litigation. Affirmative action has been a controversial topic since it was first introduced to address gender and racial equality, and veteran's...
Federal workers who suffer a physical or mental injury related to their employment, may no longer be able to perform assigned work duties. In some cases, an individual's injury may be deemed temporary in nature and he or she may apply to receive workers' compensation...
The difference between a workplace discrimination claims and having to deal with a difficult boss or coworkers can sometimes be less than clear. Are activities of supervisors discriminatory or are they, as the Supreme Court has described it, the "ordinary tribulations...
Is a five-grade demotion from a GS-12 to a GS-7 a second punishment for a Deportation Officer who had been given a two-week suspension for lying to police after they investigated the "appearance" of a refrigerator at his home? According to opinions of the Merit...
The National Guard for decades has provided the U.S. military with trained individuals who are ready to return active duty status in times of crisis or emergency. They maintain their skills by periodic training sessions, often on weekends. However, some employers...