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Federal employees will be able to leave work early if their offices are located in or around Washington, D.C., in order to avoid hazardous commute conditions caused by snow.

Agencies can award both money and extra time off to feds that demonstrate exemplary service, but that time-off award still comes with a cost.

The office responsible for enforcing legislative fair employment and safe workplaces has more to do to ensure it tackles harassment and discrimination, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Federal employees that leave for jobs in the private sector would have more options for returning to government service under a proposed rule.

Employees that can’t or won’t move to Colorado for the new Bureau of Land Management headquarters may have other options available to ease their transition.

The Office of Personnel Management’s changes bring its Performance Appraisal Assessment Tool more in line with the Trump administration’s management objectives.

Hiring initiatives to bring people “off the sidelines” were spotlighted at the Nov. 18 Chief Human Capital Officers Council meeting, but administration officials also pushed for greater adverse action authority.

Agencies, industry and the think tank world are looking at how, exactly, the federal government can hire people to provide stability in an era of ever-present cyberthreats.

The Department of State’s program is designed to give IT students experience in and an avenue to employment with the foreign service.