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Workforce
More than 30 House Democrats are calling for an immediate halt to the implementation of President Trump recent executive order to reclassify elements of the civil service as at-will employees.
10/29/2020
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Management
The White House is considering whether to formalize the customer experience officer role, but also thinking about the position's impact on IT.
10/29/2020
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Acquisition
Polaris, the General Services Administration's developing Alliant 2 small business contract replacement, will have CMMC clauses.
10/28/2020
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Defense
The Defense Department wants to convert its key telework tool, the Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) environment, to a permanent capability by next summer.
10/28/2020
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Acquisition
Federal agency virtual industry days are probably now a permanent part of the acquisition toolkit, according to practitioners.
10/27/2020
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Workforce
The Saving the Civil Service Act would block last week's executive order creating new classification of career federal employees in certain key roles and reverse any personnel moves made as a result of the order.
10/27/2020
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Workforce
A memo from acting personnel chief Michael Rigas told agencies they could look outside the boundaries of a recent executive order for jobs to reclassify, but that the Office of Personnel Management would make final determination.
10/26/2020
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IT Modernization
A U.S. Digital Service veteran is looking for civil servants and other federal IT stakeholders to talk about governance obstacles that hinder successful acquisition and deployment of big and small technology projects.
10/26/2020
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Comment
It's time to start talking about the next steps we need to take to ensure that our IT infrastructure and tools can continue to support the remote workers, while providing state-of-the-art, timely customer service
10/25/2020
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Defense
Defense committee leaders look for a cohesive national security strategy that supports reductions without hampering readiness, but progressives might seek steeper cuts.
10/23/2020
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Congress
The presidential election is one obvious check on the recent executive order to reclassify many federal civil servants as at-will employees, but congressional Democrats are looking at other ways to block the new policy.
10/23/2020
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Acquisition
The fast-track deviation clause, designed to support the Nov. 21 rollout of new restrictions on diversity and inclusion training for federal agencies and contractors, is expected to be followed quickly by a Federal Acquisition Regulation rulemaking case.
10/22/2020
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Workforce
The Oct. 21 executive order looks to reshape the competitive service by allowing agencies to reclassify policy jobs under a new schedule and give senior managers greater flexibility in hiring candidates and firing employees.
10/21/2020
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Shared Services
The General Services Administration is talking with federal agency users to further develop its NewPay shared service offering rolled out in September.
10/21/2020
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Workforce
The bill uses a different cost-of-living adjustment index to bring the adjustment to 3%.
10/21/2020