Josh Hicks
Reporter

Josh Hicks covers the federal government and anchors the Federal Eye blog. He reported for newspapers in the Detroit and Seattle suburbs before joining the Post as a contributor to Glenn Kessler’s Fact Checker blog in 2011. Josh graduated from Albion College and Stanford. He also lived in New Zealand for eight months working as a commercial fisherman and fruit picker. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

Latest by Josh Hicks

USPS lost $5 billion despite revenue gain

USPS lost $5 billion despite revenue gain

Some say the agency would have earned a net profit if not for a requirement to pre-fund future retiree health benefits.

GOP plan would end defined-benefit pension for future feds

GOP plan would end defined-benefit pension for future feds

Republican lawmakers pitched the plan as a way to save money and achieve parity between public- and private-sector workers.

Report: IRS needs to tighten security measures

Report: IRS needs to tighten security measures

An inspector general’s report said threats of violence against IRS workers and facilities have increased.

Federal employees view telework as bright spot in their jobs

Telework was one of just three categories that showed improvement in a broad survey of job satisfaction among federal employees.