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A Pre-RIF Checklist for Every Federal Employee, From a Federal Employment Attorney

Published: July 21, 2025

The Supreme Court’s July 8 decision allowing federal agencies to resume mass layoffs has transformed what was a looming possibility …More

What the End of Chevron Deference Means for Federal Employees: Attorney Justin Schnitzer’s Analysis

Published: January 29, 2025

On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a decision …More

What to do if a federal agency has discriminated against you

Published: October 9, 2024

Are you a federal employee or jobseeker who has faced discrimination in the workplace? Federal employees and job applicants who …More

What Losing Your Security Clearance Means for Your Federal Career (Published: March 29, 2024)
How Marijuana Investments Could Cost You Your Security Clearance (Published: February 5, 2024)
e-QIP vs. eAPP: What’s the Difference? (Published: December 21, 2023)
Can I Get a Security Clearance if I Smoked Marijuana? (Published: December 8, 2023)
A Check-in at the MSPB and Unprecedented Case Backlog: When Can Federal Employees Expect Their Cases to be Addressed? (Published: November 27, 2023)
How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action Could Impact Federal Contractors (Published: July 27, 2023)
Are Changes to Acquisition Law Blocking National Security and Defense Entrepreneurs? (Published: June 10, 2023)
Foreign Contact Reporting Requirements for Security Clearance Holders (Published: May 4, 2023)
Navigating an EEO Complaint, What Federal Employees Need to Know (Published: March 31, 2023)
How Recent MSPB Decisions Have Reshaped the Federal Comparator Employee Framework (Published: December 23, 2022)
Your Security Clearance: Understanding Guideline B, Foreign Influence (Published: November 21, 2022)
What Recent Vaccine Guidance Updates Mean for Federal Contractors? (Published: October 12, 2022)
What Federal Employees Should Know When Responding to Agency Disciplinary Actions (Published: September 9, 2022)
How the Cancellation of 6 Billion Dollars in Student Loan Debt Will Impact Your Security Clearance (Published: August 25, 2022)
Security Clearances and Adjudicative Guideline D: Sexual Behavior (Published: August 19, 2022)
What Are Desk Audits? Understanding Position Classification Appeals (Published: August 9, 2022)
Can I file an EEO complaint that involves my security clearance? Maybe. (Published: July 22, 2022)
Will Federal Agencies Begin Enforcing the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? (Published: July 12, 2022)
What Should the LGBTQ+ Communities Understand About Discrimination in Federal Workplaces (Published: June 28, 2022)
New Cases Part 3: MSPB Sides with VA Whistleblower (Published: June 10, 2022)
New Cases Part 2: MSPB Issues Another Precedential Whistleblower Decision (Published: June 2, 2022)
How the Misuse of IT Systems Can Jeopardize a Security Clearance (Published: May 25, 2022)
New Cases Part 1: With a Quorum, MSPB Begins Issuing Federal Sector Whistleblower Decisions (Published: May 17, 2022)
Cybersecurity: A Whistleblower’s Paradise (Published: April 26, 2022)
More Than Just Federal Employees Subject to Hatch Act (Published: April 22, 2022)
Tax Blunders for Clearance Holders Part 3: Don’t Lien on Me (Published: April 21, 2022)
The Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees is Back (Sort of, For Now) (Published: April 13, 2022)
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