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The rule implementing Schedule Policy/Career (Schedule P/C) will go into effect next week, on March 9, 2026.  Here’s what you need to know: What is...

Politico recently quoted Senior Counsel Katherine Lease in an article about proposed changes to federal employee performance assessments.  The article, titled “Trump admin advances performance...

Continuing in our exploration of employees’ First Amendment rights, we now turn to government contractors.  Can government contractors be fired for exercising free speech?  Of...

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, there were numerous media reports about employers firing or taking other disciplinary action against employees for making political comments...

October 20, 2025 – Alan Lescht and Associates, P.C., is pleased to announce the promotion of Courtney J. Mickman to the position of Shareholder with...

Earlier this week, news outlets reported about a draft White House memo that indicates the government will not pay furloughed federal workers after the shutdown...

The Trump administration has made major changes for employees in all three categories of the federal civil service: the Competitive Service the Excepted Service the Senior...

On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a decision allowing federal agencies to proceed with reduction-in-force (RIF) plans.  In Trump v. American Federation of...