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Should I Charge Untruthful Witness With Lack of Candor?

We received the following question via Ask FELTG. Dear FELTG: If an agency is investigating misconduct and the employee being investigated lies to an investigator, does it make sense to charge the employee with lack of candor on top of the other misconduct the agency...

Ask FELTG: Could Deadnaming Be Considered Unlawful Harassment?

A FELTG reader sent us the following submission. A discussion recently came up in our agency about deadnaming and whether that could be considered unlawful harassment. Can you weigh in? Thanks for the question. Let’s start with a definition. A deadname, according to...

Ask FELTG: How Much Information Do You Need in the Proposal Letter?

The following question came into Ask FELTG: Must the proposal letter in a proposed disciplinary action contain everything the agency has relied upon in making the proposal? And here's the answer: The letter itself does not have to contain the agency’s entire case...

Ask FELTG: Does a Local CBA Trump an Agency’s Nationwide Policy?

June 14, 2023 Here’s more context from the loyal FELTG reader who posed the question: Let’s say, hypothetically, management at a regional outpost agrees to terms regarding office workspace with their local union, and then enters into a CBA articulating those...

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