By Dan Gephart, April 1, 2024 The most recent addition to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has vast experience in DEIA issues, including co-authoring the Oscar ceremony-famous “Inclusion Rider” (more on that later). When Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal agreed...
By Dan Gephart, March 4, 2023 Never read the comments. This is my rule. I strongly believe in it. And yet, I broke the rule once again a few weeks ago. I can’t recall what story I was reading, although it’s a good bet it was about one of Philadelphia’s dysfunctional...
By Dan Gephart, February 20, 2024 If it feels like a dangerous time for Feds, that’s because it is. Attorney General Merrick Garland warned earlier this year about a “deeply disturbing spike” in threats against Federal workers. A few weeks after Garland’s...
By Dan Gephart, January 23, 2024 It’s been said many times — and then many more times: For DEIA efforts to be successful, organizations need support from top leadership. For how that looks in the Federal sector, one needs only to see what’s happening with the...
By Dan Gephart, November 6, 2023 As his term wound down three years ago, then-President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that created a new category of Federal employees called Schedule F, much to the dismay of numerous Federal employees, unions, good government...
Event Description FELTG’s annual Emerging Issues in Federal Employment Law has a simple mission — to ensure the Federal workplace is accountable, that it looks more like the America it serves, and that you have[...]