📄Analyze Executive Order on Strengthening Federal Probationary Periods
Executive Order 14284 mandates improvements in the assessment of Federal employees during probationary periods. It aims to enhance workforce efficiency by ensuring agencies actively evaluate and confirm the suitability of new appointees, thereby optimizing the Federal workforce dedicated to public interests. The order initiates a new Civil Service Rule XI and repeals ineffective regulations, ensuring agencies can take decisive actions as needed.
Learn More📄DOL Notice on Occupational Code Assignment Information Collection
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Learn Moreâš¡TVA Granted Exemption for Work Hour Limits at Sequoyah Plant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request dated February 5, 2025, from Tennessee Valley Authority. The exemption authorizes a one-time exemption for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, to allow the use of the less restrictive work hour limitations described in NRC regulations for a 21-day period starting no earlier than March 24, 2025, and no later than May 15, 2025.
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