Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn, known as "Dr. No" for opposing basically every non-military spending bill, has used the long Congressional recess to find a new foe -- the 2.5 million federal employees. The Washington Post's Christopher Lee reports that Coburn's office has ...

The rulings of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson on key issues, such as denying California a waiver to regulate greenhouse gases, have frustrated members of Congress, state legislatures and environmental groups. They’ve also undermined the scientific findings of his staff. And now, the Washington Post’s Christopher ...

According to the Washington Post, The Department of Homeland Security has elected to end a court battle over the agency's ability to use a "separate personnel system" at DHS, including the right to assign and deploy unionized staff members without informing the National Treasury Employees Union, the union for DHS ...

Here’s a thought:  a greater percentage of government employees belongs to unions than do their private sector counterparts.

Much has been written over the past few decades about the declining roles of unions in American life.  This has dealt primarily with the private sector.  People don’t usually think too ...

News out of the Commerce Department reminds me of the fabled man-bites-dog news story.

Just when the pay-for-performance concept is being buffeted and battered in the courts, some Union members at the Commerce Department expressly voted FOR inclusion in the agency’s demonstration project.  This report, by Karen Rutzick ...