![]() Meanwhile, three career officials at Customs and Border Protection are under fire by OSC for allegedly manipulating the hiring process to install job candidates favored by political leadership into career appointments.Īre agencies doing enough to weed out redundant programs? It’s one of three cases of improper political activity at the agency recently uncovered by OSC. OSC targets Hatch Act violations at IRS, improper hiring at CBPĪ customer service representative at the IRS who repeatedly greeted taxpayers calling a help-line with a chant urging President Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012 could now be facing significant disciplinary action, according to the Office of Special Counsel. Sign up for our daily newsletter so you never miss a beat on all things federal ![]() These lawyers, most of whom are public-service lawyers, also drink less than their more well-heeled counterparts. The happiest lawyers, according to a new study from Florida State University and the University of Missouri, are those who make the least and had the lowest grades in law school. Let us know what’s going on in the a.m./p.m. Whatever your situation, somebody probably has it worse. Knowing how the other half lives, or in this case gets to and from work, would be interesting. So, have you got a commute story? Or do you know somebody who has? We’d like to hear the best, worst, longest, shortest how-I-get-to-work stories. I know someone who lives in San Diego and works just outside of L.A. And I know one person who lives on the same block as his federal agency. There is a guy at the Pentagon who lives in central Delaware. Another works in downtown D.C., but lives in Fredericksburg, Va. One comes in by train from West Virginia. I personally know several people whose daily commute is about 100 miles. He never complained, but when I was heading home on a flyway over the Beltway - often a six-lane parking lot - I suffered for him. A long trip, including a nightmarish time on the infamous Beltway, plus two traffic clogged roads in Maryland and Virginia. But a really bad, or long, commute is no joke.įor years one of my sons lived in the Rockville area of Maryland and commuted, daily, to Reston, Va. Stress was almost certainly a major factor. She handled it well and without complaint. We had one employee who drove 200 miles roundtrip daily from D.C. We got to talking about the best-worst commutes here at Federal News Radio. How many times is the boss going to accept the moose alibi for being late?ĭo you spend more time behind the wheel than with your significant other or kids? If it isn’t traffic in Maine or Fairbanks, there is the dodge-the-moose-issue. Maybe one of your worst, on a daily basis. Wherever you live, commuting can be a problem. Chicago and Philadelphia, forgeddaboutit! San Francisco to Oakland, whatever! Raleigh-Durham-Cary, getting nasty! And Austin’s roads seems to be under permanent repair. ![]() So can Atlanta, especially during an ice storm. ![]() But things are tough too in New York (even when the New Jersey bridge lanes are open). The Washington area has perhaps the worst traffic in the country. How far is your daily commute? How long does it take to get to work? Are you spending one-sixth of your waking hours getting to and from the office? Does your workday involve dodging potholes, enduring never-ending traffic jams? Are you daily stuck in road repairs begun by the same team that built the pyramids? Is your blood pressure off the charts by the time you get to work or when you arrive at home in the evening? Do you honk in your sleep? Download our survey report now to learn more. Insight by DocuSign: A new and exclusive Federal News Network survey shows that government HR employees know well agencies must speed up and streamline recruiting, hiring and retention processes. ![]()
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