InformedFED provides a variety of direct services to federal employees across many agencies. We limit the number of clients we accept depending on case type, our workload, and our capacity to provide expert consultants. Calendar Year 2018 Clients by Federal…
Tag: management
Administrative Leave & Authorized Absence
The terms Administrative Leave and Authorized Absence are essentially synonymous (we will use the term Administrative Leave for the purposes of this post). Further, we distinguish that for the purpose of this article, we are not addressing such leave used…
Excused Absences for Inclement Weather
With the recent outbreak of severe weather, we received many inquiries from federal employees concerning Excused Absence (also called “Authorized Absence” and even “Administrative Leave” by some agencies). (Note, Excused Absence should not be confused with granting of “liberal leave”…
Republican Attack: Round 3
GOP Sharks Coming in for Another Bite After furlough, sequester, pay freezes, shutdown, increased retirement contributions, and other agency budget cuts affecting training, promotions, and awards, it appears Republicans are coming in for round 3 of attacks on federal employees…
MSPB: No Right to Counsel
Recently, a Federal employee argued the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) “abused its discretion” by failing to appoint (and pay for) an attorney to represent her before the Board concerning her removal (“firing”) from the Internal Revenue Service. The appeals…
Responding to Proposed Actions
During the course of your federal career, you may find yourself the subject of a proposed agency action. Frankly, the longer your career and more complex your job functions, the greater this likelihood.
Opinion: Gripping Reality; The GOP Hates You
That’s right. The “Grand Ole’ Party” (Republicans) hates you if you are a federal employee and it’s time to embrace that reality; not deny it.
Breaking: Border Patrol Announces Pay Increases for Managers During Furlough
In what clearly would rank as the worst timing in the world, the Chief of the United States Border Patrol, Michael Fisher, announced on February 25, 2013, via the memorandum below, that he was effecting pay increases for certain management positions and…