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GovExec Daily: What MSPB’s Restored Quorum Means for Feds

For five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board was without a quorum, leaving thousands of current and former federal employees in limbo, unable to receive a decision on their…

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Can the trend of decreasing employee unions be reversed?

A task force established by the Biden administration has issued dozens of recommendations for unionizing federal agencies and contractors. Will it have any effect? After all, the…

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Pandemic expected to increase divorce numbers

According to 2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 2,000 divorces each day. Experts predict the pandemic will increase those…

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New York’s updated COVID-19 sick leave policy: What does it mean for you?

The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) has updated COVID-19 paid sick leave guidelines amid plummeting case numbers across the state. According to the most recent data, the…

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Pentagon watchdog to review how branches have handled troops’ requests for vaccination exemptions

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense will investigate how the military branches are processing exemption requests for the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. For the Navy, the…

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Pentagon Watchdog to Investigate Handling of COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Requests

The Department of Defense’s inspector general is going to probe how the military has handled requests for exemptions from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s COVID-19 vaccine…

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MSPB regains quorum after 5 years, but faces daunting backlog

Federal employees looking to appeal certain adverse personnel actions might not have to wait on the Merit Systems Protection Board much longer. The board this week regained a…

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Who is Jonathan Bach? A look at the New York City attorney defending Robert Neulander

In 2007, a man previously found guilty of murder walked a free man. A member of his defense team – Jonathan Bach – is now in Syracuse, defending Robert Neulander after…

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Navy to review thousands of ‘bad paper’ discharges

NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan received what are called “bad paper” discharges. But they’re…

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The story of Paislee, found alive in a secret room

The story of Paislee Joann Shultis, the four-year old child from a small town south of Ithaca who disappeared with her parents in 2019 just when the authorities were coming to…

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