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‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

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After six years, agencies are still missing the final regulations they need to make significant changes to federal administrative leave policy. Congress gave the Office of Personnel Management 270 days to implement new federal leave regulations under the Administrative Leave Act, a provision included in the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. But OPM has missed that deadline by far — at least for some of the more complicated changes to the leave policy. Congress passed the Administrative Leave Act to create three categories of administrative leave, or paid leave…

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Was 2017 the Craziest Year in US Political History? – POLITICO Magazine

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POLITICO Magazine Was 2017 the Craziest Year in US Political History?POLITICO MagazineImagine how future historians might try to summarize 2017: A U.S. president, his family and his political aides came under investigation by a special counsel for possibly helping a foreign government meddle in the election. Talk of impeachment swirled …and more » us politics – Google News

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How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017 – NBCNews.com

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The Hindu How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017NBCNews.comOne of 2017's defining geopolitical slugfests was between heavyweight personalities President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. It was an international standoff that descended into personal name-calling, with Trump labeling Kim …North Korea: Trump praises latest UN sanctions over missilesBBC News 'The world wants peace not death': Trump on UNSC voteAljazeera.comNorth Korea: New UN sanctions an act of warBBC Newsall 1,122 news articles » us president – Google News

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