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The Biden administration has already filed an appeal of the injunction.federal court in Texas has issued an injunction against President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the federal workforce, pausing implementation of a requirement for more than 2 million civilian servants. The Biden administration has already had sweeping success with the mandate, as most agencies have seen virtually their entire workforces come into compliance. Still, federal offices across the country were just beginning to move forward with suspensions—which could eventually result in firings—for those who did not meet the requirements. Biden issued the mandate by executive order in September. Judge Jeffrey...

OPLINE Dr. Anthony Fauci made more than every other employee in the entire federal government. In the latest year available, his 2019 salary of $417,608, made him not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the highest paid out of all four million federal employees. In fact, Dr. Fauci even made more than the $400,000 salary of the President of the United States. All salary data was collected by OpenTheBooks.com via Freedom of Information Act requests. Only federal employees funded by taxpayers were included in the study.BIG NUMBER $2.5 million. That’s how much Dr. Fauci, Director of...

Ivanka Trump is officially joining her father's administration as an unpaid employee with the title Assistant to the President, the White House says. Ms Trump, 35, said she had "heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity". Her husband, Jared Kushner, is a senior adviser to President Donald Trump. America's Next first lady, Ivanka Trump? Jared Kushner, Trump's trusted son-in-law Are the Trumps the next political dynasty? Ivanka Trump has been attending meetings with world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a statement, the White House said it was "pleased that Ivanka...

Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House. Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing, and she said last week that she would serve as an informal adviser to her father. But that plan prompted criticism from ethics experts, who said it would allow her to avoid some rules and disclosures. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules, and...

Ivanka Trump is joining the White House in an official role. President Donald Trump's elder daughter will take an unpaid role as a government employee, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Her husband, Jared Kushner, already holds an unpaid government position. The New York Times first reported the news Wednesday. Ivanka Trump already has a White House office but fueled ethics concerns when she said that she would advise her father informally, the Times said. Taking a government spot will require more stringent ethics rules. Her lawyer said she plans to file financial disclosure forms required of employees....

Some days, it seems like there’s just no limit to what you can do with an executive order. The most recent addition to the list of many hundreds of EOs signed by Barack Obama lifts a freeze on the pay rates for certain DC denizens. The largest beneficiary of this largess (skimpy though it may be) is a name which may come as a surprise. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President...

In the debate over public sector compensation, it's often noted that - in addition to generous salaries and better fringe benefits - federal employees have far greater job security than private sector workers. While a private sector worker has an approximately 20 percent chance of being fired or laid off in a given year, for federal employees it's only 6 percent. This effectively gives federal employees an insurance policy against being discharged. My goal here is to assign a dollar value to that insurance. To understand the value of job security, imagine that you were offered a job where you...