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Win for Website Designer at Supreme Court Would Be Win for Free Speech for All

November 30, 2022 would, Court, Free, Supreme, Speech, website, designer0 comment

Imagine you’re an artist who creates custom websites. A new client asks you to create one that will promote a pro-life rally and celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Unbeknownst to the client, you disagree with the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision and in fact are an abortion activist in your free time away from your business. Would you create the pro-life message as requested? One artist might conclude that, while they disagree with the message, they’re still comfortable…

Bill Would Block Taxpayer Funding of Teachers Unions

November 18, 2022 would, block, Bill, funding, unions, taxpayer, Teachers'0 comment

U.S. taxpayers’ money would not help finance teachers unions if the House passes a bill introduced this week by Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas. “Corrupt teachers unions sold out our kids when they lined Democrat politicians’ pockets with campaign contributions to keep students out of the classroom, and later to force masking, despite clear evidence that these decisions were harmful to kids’ educational and developmental growth,” Jackson said in a prepared statement. Teachers unions have “pushed a radical and inappropriate curriculum which seeks to indoctrinate our students with a woke,…

New bill would abolish MSPB, create ‘at-will’ federal employees

July 29, 2022 abolish, MSPB, ‘atwill’, would, Create, federal, Bill, employees0 comment

Republican lawmakers are once again making a push that would allow the government to fire bureaucrats more easily. For the third time since 2016, members of the House introduced a bill to make all federal employees “at-will” workers. That means agencies would be able to more quickly remove employees for underperforming or behaving in a manner that goes against federal rules. “My bill would make all federal bureaucrats at-will employees — just like private sector workers — and claw back the inordinate protections some federal employees grossly abuse while helping…

New HHS Rule Would Force Insurers to Pay for Children’s Sex Changes

July 25, 2022 Force, changes, rule, Insurers, Children's, would0 comment

The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule Monday that would force insurance providers to pay for breast removal and other transgender surgeries, including for minors. The proposed rule change by the federal agency concerns Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, a section of the law that prohibits discrimination in health programs based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. In a conference call with reporters, Melanie Fontes Rainer, acting director of the Office for Civil Rights at…

This legislation would turn Veterans Affairs whistleblower policy into law

July 1, 2022 would, into, This, veterans, Legislation, turn, Affairs, 'whistleblower', Policy0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. In an agency as large as Veterans Affairs, with a third of a million employees, there is no shortage of things to go wrong. Often it’s whistleblowers that point them out, often to the Office of Inspector General. Now a bipartisan bill that passed the House would ensure continuance of a policy that every VA employee received training by the OIG to learn how to report alleged wrongdoing. For more…

New bill would mandate legacy IT inventories, modernization plans

March 23, 2022 would, Bill, plans, Legacy, mandate, Modernization, inventories0 comment

Agencies finally would be on the hook to address the ever growing need to modernize legacy technology systems. After years of reports from the Government Accountability Office that found agencies didn’t have a good idea of how many or how old their legacy systems were, Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) are trying to change that. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., introduced a new bill to require agencies to improve their plans to modernize legacy IT. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) Hassan, the chairwoman of the Homeland Security and Governmental…