Here are stories you need to know this week.

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Nearly 72,000 federal employees will begin receiving higher locality payments in January.

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On Dec. 6, the House and Senate passed, and President Trump signed, a short-term stopgap bill that funds the government through Dec. 21.

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Dozens of women working at Bureau of Prisons (BOP) gathered in Savannah, Ga., for the Council of Prison Locals - Council 33’s first ever women’s conference.

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New guidance tells federal employees not to talk about “impeachment” while on duty or in the workplace until after Election Day in 2020.

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It’s been 86 years, and our goal remains the same: build a better workplace for federal employees so they can focus on the job they’ve been hired to do serving the American people.

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Lawmakers have reportedly agreed to a two-week stopgap bill that would fund the government until Dec. 21.

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Join us at the 2019 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference on February 10-13, 2019.

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Nov. 28 failed to confirm Trump’s nominees to sit on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

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The Office of Special Counsel, which enforces the Hatch Act, has issued new guidance for the political activity of federal employees.

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Members of AFGE Local 420 working at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton in West Virginia were joined by elected officials, community leaders, and AFGE members from across the nation as they gathered at the Interstate 68/W.Va. 26 interchange on Nov. 16 to protest severe understaffing at their facility and other federal prisons nationwide.

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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend Mark Gibson. Mark passed away on Nov. 18 surrounded by family in Tomah, Wisconsin.

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The Department of Homeland Security turns 16 on Nov. 25. The young agency was created in 2002 to fight a new kind of war following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. To create a unified agency, all or part of 22 different agencies such as FEMA, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and Secret Service were merged into one department.

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The lawsuit seeks to block union-busting actions by the administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Five correctional officers were hospitalized after being attacked by inmates at United States Penitentiary McCreary in Pine Knot, Ky. Nov. 14.

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