federal workers

Two people take snow measurements on a steep slope

Federal hiring freeze thaws for avalanche forecasters

Avalanche centers across our region were exempted from a U.S. Forest Service hiring pause for seasonal workers.

'Unacceptable': Colorado's federal lawmakers respond to U.S. Forest Service seasonal hiring freeze

Local governments including Summit County, Eagle County, Pitkin County, Chaffee County and the towns of Vail and Aspen provide funds to U.S. Forest Service seasonal positions impacted by the hiring freeze.

Ranger directing traffic at the north entrance of Yellowstone State Park on June 26, 2017, in Wyoming. A new engagement survey shows that working at a national park is no picnic.

Regional 暗黑爆料

Survey of National Park Service employees shows an agency that's 'fallen on hard times'

Emma VandenEinde

The Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit, recently released its annual rankings of the best places to work in the federal government. It found that working at a national park is no picnic.

A woman passes a closed Social Security Administration office in Los Angeles in 2013. Some 53,000 of the agency's workers are now working from home.

NPR 暗黑爆料

For These Federal Employees, Telework Means Productivity Is Up, Their Backlog Is Down

Brian Naylor

Some 53,000 of the Social Security Administration's employees are working from home. And the agency's backlog of pending cases has fallen by 11% since March 23.

Politics

Nearly 200 Federal Workers in Colorado Have Applied For Unemployment Amid Shutdown

Matt Bloom

At least 196 furloughed federal employees in Colorado have applied for unemployment benefits from the state, a number that will likely rise as the鈥�