Liberty
Exploring Trump’s impact on executive power
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer ponder President Donald Trump’s impact on executive power during the first year of his second term. In the pursuit of this agenda, Trump has unquestionably…
United States federal civil service
Liberty
WaPo Column Displays Left’s Continued Cluelessness
Matt Vespa writes for Townhall.com about another sign that the political left doesn’t understand the implications of the 2024 election. I may disagree with Ruth Marcus, but she’s not an…
Elections & Public Integrity
Anonymous Trump official rooting for long shutdown
Reminiscent of the New York Times, the Daily Caller has published an op-ed from an anonymous senior Trump administration official. Unlike the NYT piece from last summer, which outlined a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Federal workers to feel shutdown pain Thursday
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner assesses the immediate impact for federal workers of the partial federal government shutdown. Federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown will miss their…
Liberty
Columnist chortles at Clinton’s rallying cry for career government employees
Howie Carr of the Boston Herald highlights another example of Hillary Clinton’s disconnect from the government she once wanted to lead. Here is yet another indication of just how delusional…
Liberty
In need of some lieutenants
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online ponders the large number of job vacancies within the Trump administration. Now comes another glaring sign that the young administration is ill-prepared for the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Taxpayers footing the bill for union work
Kathryn Watson documents for the Daily Caller new congressional efforts targeting federal employees who spend all day doing union work. Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform…
Energy
EPA bureaucrats throw cash at Dems
Kathryn Watson of the Daily Caller details interesting campaign-finance news involving the federal government’s environmental regulators. Environmental Protection Agency employees are supposed to work in a non-partisan way but that…
Elections & Public Integrity
Getting rid of the bad apples isn’t always easy
Elizabeth Harrington reports for the Washington Free Beacon about high hurdles associated with firing a federal government worker. A minimum of 170 days is required to fire a federal employee…
Liberty
Should A Federal Employee Who Embezzles Receive A Pension?
Today’s press release from California Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced the…
Liberty
Federal News Radio: Federal Work Time Spent On Union Activities At 7-Year High
From Federal News Radio comes the jaw-dropping reality of how much time federal workers spend on union activities. “The Office of Personnel Management emphasizes that labor and management have a…
Liberty
Overpaid federal employees
Today’s WSJ has an excellent piece on “The Government Pay Bonus.” Government employees tend to be paid more than are comparable private sector workers, but that’s not the whole story.…