Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., contacted IG offices to ask about their plans. TOM WILLIAMS/POOL VIA AP House Democrat Seeks to Hold IGs Accountable for Reviewing Agencies’ Reopenings Most of the watchdog offices contacted by Rep. Connolly plan to conduct some form of review SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 03:36 PM ET   A House Democrat launched a tracker on Wednesday […]

 Top Trump officials charge Democrats behind DHS whistleblower allegation September 09, 2020 05:29 PM Two senior Trump administration officials suspect Democrats are the hidden hand behind a Department of Homeland Security official’s claim that agency leaders manipulated internal intelligence reports to match up with false statements President Trump made about antifa and anarchists. Brian Murphy, […]

White House Moves to Slash Funding for Diversity Training at Agencies Citing unnamed “press reports,” OMB said some training conducted by agencies is “un-American” and sows division in the federal workforce.| September 8, 2020 The Trump administration last week called on agencies to excise some forms of diversity and inclusion training from their workforce training […]

White House: Trump naturalization ceremony an official event “campaign decided to use” The White House defended its decision to hold a naturalization ceremony with President Trump amid the Republican National Convention Tuesday night as an “official” event that the Republican National Committee decided to pick up. “The President held a naturalization ceremony which was an […]

New GAO report finds some top DHS appointments were illegal Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Partner at Federal Practice Group, and Tom Spulak, Partner at King & Spalding, discuss the report from the Government Accountability Office stating that some top Department of Homeland Security appointments were illegal. To watch the segment click here. Acting Secretary of the Department […]

Congresswomen ask Pa. National Guard to look into sexual harassment, retaliation complaints at Horsham base  Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, left, and U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, Said in a Friday letter to the head of the Pennsylvania Guard that they are concerned about the command climate at the Horsham Air Guard Station. – TOM GRALISH AND MICHAEL BRYANT […]

Watchdog agency: Top DHS officials not eligible to serve in current roles Two top Homeland Security Department officials are not legally eligible to serve in their current positions, according to a watchdog agency in the legislative branch. A decision released by the Government Accountability Office on Friday said acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and acting […]

Court Dismisses Union’s Lawsuit Over Federal Employees’ Right to Talk ‘Impeachment’ and ‘Resistance’ Last year the American Federation of Government Employees sued the Office of Special Counsel over its Hatch Act guidance. AUGUST 5, 2020 HATCH ACT EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY IMPEACHMENT Earlier this week, a district court dismissed a federal employee union’s lawsuit that claimed the Office of […]

Isabel Cottrell Promoted to Senior Associate at Federal Practice Group Washington, D.C. –August 4, 2020—The Federal Practice Group is pleased to announce Isabel Cottrell has been promoted to the position of Senior Associate. Ms. Cottrell is fluent in both English and Spanish and has substantive experience in federal employment law. She will continue to provide […]

Rape jokes, vindictive culture in ‘old boys club’ at Horsham’s Air National Guard Station by William Bender, Posted: July 29, 2020- 5:00 AM Bustin has retained an attorney in Washington and is appealing her termination to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. She says she’s blowing the whistle on what she calls intolerable working conditions for […]