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DOJ GEN hosts doxing event
Calling all federal employees: RVSP to attend DOJ GEN’s upcoming event on doxing and Schedule F.
A time of transition
DOJ GEN encourages all federal employees to sign up and get involved as we navigate the change in Administrations.
Open Season, doxing, and other updates
Updates on Open Season and expanded IVF coverage, doxing resources for DOJ employees, and a message of encouragement.
Open letter to DOJ: Protect federal workers from doxing
DOJ GEN sent a letter urging the Justice Department to protect its employees from malicious doxing of public servants.
A win on expanded IVF coverage!
The White House and OPM announce a significant expansion of IVF health insurance coverage for federal employees in 2025.
Open letter to the White House: Stop sexual misconduct in federal workplaces
DOJ GEN urges the Biden Administration and OPM to require federal agencies to reform their policies targeting sexual misconduct in the workplace.
IVF testimonials make a big impact
DOJ GEN members sent 36 poignant testimonials to lawmakers describing the hardship of not having adequate insurance coverage for IVF. As the Boston Globe reported, “the Biden administration says it supports IVF. So why is the procedure not covered for all federal workers?”
IVF testimonials—deadline extended!
We’ve extended the deadline for members to send us their IVF testimonials to July 9. We need your help!
Send us your IVF testimonials!
DOJ GEN is seeking testimonials from members who have gone through IVF to help in advocating for expanded insurance coverage for federal employees.
Advocating for DOJ families
DOJ GEN sent two letters to the Administration urging expanded IVF coverage in federal employee health plans and equitable assessment of DOJ’s return-to-office policies.
Two huge victories!
DOJ institutes two new policies that DOJ GEN has been advocating for years. First, DOJ issued a travel policy that helps ensure federal employees can access necessary medical care, including abortion care. Second, OPM issued a comprehensive salary history ban that prohibits the solicitation and consideration of salary history in hiring and pay-setting decisions. We are immensely grateful to the DOJ GEN Working Groups that worked tirelessly to make these changes happen!
DOJ GEN sends Flexible Work Options letter to DOJ leadership
DOJ GEN sent a letter today to the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Associate Attorney General to express concern about the Department’s plan to propose a new policy for substantially increasing in-person work following the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s April 13, 2023, memorandum M-23-15. DOJ GEN is concerned that the Department’s apparent haste and lack of comprehensive study, including constructive employee feedback, in the development of such a policy will have a negative impact on the Department’s ability to retain and recruit a productive, diverse, and talented workforce.
Two Big Wins
Updates on not one, but two, recent victories on issues that DOJ GEN has been vociferously advocating: the creation of a DOJ Sexual Misconduct Response Unit, and a proposed rule that would ban the use of salary history in federal hiring. In addition, this message provides an update on DOJ GEN’s advocacy on abortion access and federal coverage of fertility benefits.
DOJ GEN’s leadership transition, and more
DOJ GEN announces a passing of the torch. Also, updates on several policies, including telework, child care support, nondiscrimination against trans and gender non-conforming feds, and benefits for those seeking fertility treatments or who are pregnant or nursing.
Updates galore!
We have updates about ATR’s great new breastfeeding policy, DOJ GEN’s component survey, abortion-related developments, two new reports on gender dynamics in federal government leadership, our tracking of component FWO policies, an upcoming diversity program, an OIG report on sexual misconduct at BOP, and FEHB coverage of gender-affirming care and ART.
February 2023 Update
Announcing a new DOJ GEN project to track DOJ’s commitment to gender equity and equality. Read our February 2023 update for more, as well as the latest on gender equity at the FBI, our abortion care advocacy, new legislation on paid leave, a report on sexual harassment in the federal government, and other recent developments.
2022 End-of-Year Recommendations
Want to welcome 2023 in [feminist] style? We have movie, book, and article recommendations you may have missed.
Abortion Access: Op-ed & Outreach to Congress and the Biden Admin
Updates on our attempts to urge Congress and the Administration to expand abortion access for federal employees.
Fertility Benefits: 2023 Federal Health Insurance Plans
Curious about federal employee health plan coverage of fertility treatments in 2023? Look no further!
Pay Equity and FEHB Coverage for Fertility Treatments
Updates on our efforts to ban the use of salary history with federal employment, and on new FEHB fertility coverage