Federal Employees

Meredith Somers Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is hoping to “pour sunshine” on whether or not President Donald Trump is breaking the law regarding the Old Post Office building and his stake in the Washington, D.C. luxury hotel that’s leasing the property from the General Services Administration. Speaking to Federal News Radio on Feb. 8, the same day members of the House Committee on… Read more »

Today, eight members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) seeking documents regarding how the GSA is addressing President Donald Trump’s apparent breach of the Old Post Office lease agreement. GSA provided a response to a previous letter sent by Ranking Member Cummings, Rep. Peter Defazio, Ranking Member of… Read more »

Jory Heckman A long-awaited bill to reform the U.S. Postal Service’s troubled finances could have the momentum it needs to make it to President Donald Trump’s desk after four major postal unions voiced their support for the legislation at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday. National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando told the… Read more »

Mohana Ravindranath At least one Democratic lawmaker plans to continue his efforts to modernize federal IT, despite the administration change. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said he plans to reintroduce a bill that would set up working capital funds in federal agencies to support their technology modernization projects. It would also create a governmentwide fund other agencies… Read more »

Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Vice-Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) sent a letter to all Cabinet agencies requesting information regarding each agency’s use of nondisclosure agreements. The letter was also signed by Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows. In the letter, Connolly and Meadows write that “the law requires any agency using a… Read more »

Democratic Members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today reminded the Administration that State Department personnel who dissent from policy are protected by law and sought assurances that State Department personnel would not be subject to harassment or retribution for offering dissenting viewpoints. In a letter to the President, the Members expressed concern over comments from… Read more »

By Pete Kasperowicz Rep. Gerry Connolly on Tuesday reintroduced legislation aimed at giving federal workers a 3.2 percent pay raise, even as the Trump administration is looking to cut federal spending and reduce the government workforce. The Virginia Democrat said that even before President Trump, Republicans had "bullied"… Read more »

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the White House Counsel requesting information about disturbing reports that officials from the Trump Transition Team threatened to remove Inspectors General after the inauguration. “If these reports are accurate,… Read more »

By Nicole Ogrysko A month into 2017 and some lawmakers are thinking about next year’s pay raise for federal employees. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, which Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced Tuesday, would give federal employees a 3.2 percent pay raise in 2018 — a 2… Read more »

"For too long Republicans have bullied our federal workforce, falsely painting the civil servant as the scapegoat for all our country's problems." - Rep. Connolly Read more »