Defense
Safety protocols would allow up to 80% on-site, but there's no rush to recall remote employees.
09/17/2020
Workforce
Draft guidelines will detail how agencies will remove college-degree requirements and emphasize skill assessments.
09/16/2020
Workforce
Despite opposition in Congress and skepticism from employee unions, the administration is going ahead with a mandatory tax deferral scheme for federal employees and the uniformed military.
09/14/2020
Workforce
John Gibbs, the HUD official selected to lead the Office of Personnel Management, wasn't pressed by lawmakers on a history of controversial tweets of conspiracy theories and calling the Democrats the party of Islam.
09/10/2020
Workforce
The long-delayed Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey will kick off on Sept. 14.
09/10/2020
Congress
Rep. Mac Thornberry, the House Armed Services Committee's ranking member, said the November elections could hold up negotiations over key provisions in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
09/09/2020
Workforce
Lawmakers are concerned about potential consequences of a mandatory tax deferral being rolled out by the Trump administration.
09/08/2020
Defense
The National Guard is taking its annual Cyber Shield training exercise virtual due to COVID-19 with a spotlight on information operations.
09/03/2020
Comment
Each mission environment has distinct needs and resources that don’t always fit into a “one-size-fits-all” solution.
08/28/2020
Workforce
The Office of Management and Budget develops another technology reskilling pilot aimed at fostering data science talent.
08/25/2020
WORKFORCE
The planned furloughs of more than 13,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees set for Aug. 30 have been called off, the agency announced today.
08/25/2020
Oversight
The Government Accountability Office is sticking to its guns on its legal opinion that states that top officials at the Department Homeland Security were elevated in violation of federal law.
08/21/2020
Workforce
As the pandemic increases the need for online learning, the Defense Department's chief management officer pushes change.
08/17/2020
Comment
Without an extension to the legislation that compensates federal contractors unable to work because of pandemic-related facility closures, more people would lose their jobs, more companies could fold and the government could lose access to highly experienced and skilled members of their workforce who are critical to supporting national security, defense and other federal mission areas.
08/14/2020
Oversight
Top acting officials at DHS were appointed without regard for laws in place governing agency succession, according to a Government Accountability Office legal opinion.
08/14/2020