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Federal Employees Get 12/24 Off in 2020 + the History of Friday Christmases

12/14/2020
The history of executive orders that have given Federal Employees a half-day off for Christmas Eve when Christmas follows on a Friday Friday Christmases, a Federal History From 1948 to 2019, Christmas occurred on a Friday eleven times. 2020 will ... Read More

Boeing Gets Thumbs Up from FAA to Use 737-Max Airplanes Again

11/25/2020
Grounded since 2019, the FAA approves Boeing’s 737-Max Airplanes for Flight It has been over 20 months since a March 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia that resulted in a ban on Boeing’s 737-Max model of airplane. Both the Federal Aviation ... Read More

USPS News: 2020 Fiscal Year Report, the Coronavirus, and the Election

11/20/2020
Posting a 2020 Fiscal Year Loss of $9.2 billion, the USPS has been hit by the Coronavirus, and was a major player in the recent presidential election The US Postal Service has received a large amount of attention in 2020. ... Read More

Elon Musk and William Shatner Express Criticism Over US Space Force

09/15/2020
Both the CEO of SpaceX and the television star from ‘Star Trek’ recently released their criticisms with the newest military branch, the Space Force Last month, the US Space Force awarded a lucrative DoD contract to both SpaceX and its ... Read More

The FedLife Podcast: Tax Planning for Federal Employees -Part 2

08/14/2020
Is it Tax Season Yet? – Part 2 with Ed Zurndorfer and Dan Sipe for the FEDLIFE Tax Season Special FedLife Podcast (ep. 31): Is It Tax Season Yet? (Tax Planning for Feds, part 2) The IRS recently published their ... Read More

House Committee Highlights Issues with OPM: Technology in Government

07/30/2020
House Committee Highlights Issues with OPM, going over several topics from Hiring to Cybersecurity to Locality Pay. This article examines the IT concerns that were accentuated. The House Appropriations Committee released a statement listing their concerns with the Office of ... Read More

OSHA has Received over 6,000 Unsafe Work Environment Complaints

07/15/2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has received more than 6,000 Unsafe Work Environment Complaints related to the Coronavirus- along with harsh criticism. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the last stop for numerous workplace complaints regarding ... Read More

Former DEA Agent Pretended to be CIA Agent; Faces 20 Years in Prison

06/22/2020
After defrauding contractors and Government Officials to pocket $4.4 Million, a Former DEA Agent Faces 20 years in prison Garrison K. Courtney of Florida, a former DEA agent, has a trial date set for October 23, 2020, according to the ... Read More

Federal Law Enforcement Officer Killed During Protests

06/09/2020
Security Officer of a Federal Building in Oakland was shot while standing watch of the protests responding to George Floyd’s murder Police have identified the vehicle, but not the license plate, of the white van that pulled up to a ... Read More

Federal Agencies Now Allowed to Use HackerOne for Cybersecurity

05/23/2020
The ethical hacking company, HackerOne, has been contracted by the DoD since 2017 – it recently received authorization for use across all Federal Agencies- Over the past decade, professional hackers have found legitimate jobs through what are known as “vulnerability ... Read More