The Year in Review: Top FELTG Newsletter Stories of 2021

By Dan Gephart, Training Director Since 2018, our year-end News Flash has unveiled the most popular FELTG newsletter stories (based on the number of reads and forwards) of the previous 12 months. Usually, our most-read stories mirror FELTG Nation’s deep interest in...

A Fully Functioning MSPB and Other (Overly?) Optimistic Predictions

By Dan Gephart, December 7, 2021 By the time you read the first FELTG Newsletter of next year, it will be five (yes, five) years since the MSPB had a quorum. Heck, it’s been almost three years since the agency has even had a single board member. Not. One. Member. This...

Go the Extra Yard to Support Feds With Mental Health Conditions

By Dan Gephart, November 17, 2021 On the day Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive lineman Lane Johnson returned to action after a three-game absence, Atlanta Falcons’ wide receiver Calvin Ridley announced that he was stepping away from football for a while. What’s the big...

5 Suggestions for Hiring the Right Person

By Dan Gephart, October 20, 2021 Here at FELTG, we often get inquiries from HR professionals and supervisors wondering what they can do about their poor-performing and/or misbehaving employees. By the time someone seeks our guidance, the employee has already created...

Well, Excu-u-use Me! Sometimes, Feds Say the Darndest Things

By Dan Gephart, September 14, 2021 Ever hear about the Federal employee who walked out of Whole Foods without paying for the two tacos in his hands? When stopped by security, he claimed he “thought the tacos were comped for Federal employees.” Or how about the Fed who...

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