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Workforce
Civil rights groups caution that the rule change that allows faith-based organizations that are also federal contractors to favor their members in hiring could lead to employment discrimination.
01/13/2021
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Defense
The Pentagon eliminated a class deviation that implemented the president's executive order purging diversity training across federal grants and contracts.
01/11/2021
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Workforce
Despite promises to "drain the swamp," the Trump administration did little to reduce the number of political appointments, according to data in the latest iteration of the Plum Book.
01/11/2021
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Workforce
The rule change will restrict the use of official time for union representatives working with complainants on discrimination charges.
01/07/2021
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Workforce
A nationwide injunction blocks sections of the order that apply to contractors and grant recipients, including a hotline created for employees to report training materials.
01/04/2021
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Budget
After threatening a government shutdown, President Trump signed the fiscal year 2021 funding bill and a COVID-19 relief package into law on Sunday evening.
12/27/2020
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Budget
The government is currently funded by a short-term continuing resolution that expires on midnight on Monday, Dec. 28.
12/23/2020
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Workforce
The government has until January 15 to respond to the National Treasury Employees Union's lawsuit seeking the blockage of the new employee classification.
12/22/2020
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Congress
Democrats in the House and Senate urged appropriators to include a measure blocking the implementation of a workforce executive order making it possible to reclassify thousands of senior civil servants as "at will" employees, making it easier to hire and fire feds in certain key positions.
12/21/2020
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Workforce
The lack of national direction from the Department of Veterans Affairs on issuance of pandemic "premium pay" has left regional VA networks and local facilities to decide which employees get additional pay for working on the front lines of the pandemic -- and how much.
12/20/2020
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Workforce
Although steps have been taken to address workforce diversity, a recent report underscored gaps in strategic planning among intelligence community elements.
12/18/2020
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Workforce
The current rules for reductions in force have performance last on the list of factors to consider in the determining which employees to keep, with the type of job coming first and followed by veterans preference and service length after.
12/16/2020
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Defense
Lauren Knausenberger, the Air Force's deputy CIO, said IT satisfaction went up significantly once people started working from home.
12/15/2020
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Workforce
Experts worry that an executive order with the potential to politicize the civil service could do lasting damage, even if rescinded by the incoming Biden administration.
12/14/2020
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Workforce
The move will make it easier for companies that are organized around faith-based activities to evade certain civil rights laws and policies when making hiring decisions.
12/11/2020