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Management
The former CIO at the IRS and DHS explains why early-career expertise is the key to successful leadership.
08/23/2021
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Workforce
Months after clearing out Trump appointees, Biden nominated appointees to fill the Federal Services Impasses Panel, a key institution in the federal labor-management relations space.
08/23/2021
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Defense
Matt Travis, the CEO for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, said proper training and IT access to the Defense Department's Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) application, which will house CMMC data, still needs to be finalized for the third-party organizations that will be charged with conducting cyber assessments.
08/20/2021
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Defense
Brig. Gen. Paul Stanton, the commanding general for the Army's Cyber Center of Excellence, said the service was in the final stages of publishing a revised field manual on how it executes cyber operations.
08/19/2021
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Workforce
Slow networks, a lack of management buy-in and the need for more government equipment all affected how DOD feds transitioned to telework at the start of the pandemic, new reports from DOD's IG found.
08/19/2021
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Workforce
Agencies can't assign employees to remote or telework based solely on their vaccination status, the guidance says.
08/18/2021
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Workforce
New rules published Tuesday by the Office of Personnel Management give agencies direct hire authority for appointing post-secondary students.
08/17/2021
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Acquisition
The tax agency's chief procurement officer says she's on a mission to find top talent to work with industry while modernizing the agency's acquisition processes amid a ballooning tax gap.
08/16/2021
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Congress
The Senate version of the annual intelligence authorization bill, which passed out of committee last week, includes a warning to DHS' intelligence arm to distinguish more carefully between its foreign and domestic missions.
08/13/2021
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Workforce
Nearly 25,000 HHS employees will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a surge in national infections, Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday.
08/12/2021
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Defense
The Defense Department plans to require COVID-19 vaccines for civilian, military and contractor personnel as early as September.
08/09/2021
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Workforce
The White House-led Safer Federal Workforce Taskforce issued additional question and answer style guidance on Friday addressing how exactly the recently-released vaccination and testing requirements will be carried out.
08/06/2021
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Workforce
A DOD inspector general audit found that while the Pentagon has made strides, inconsistent job coding for civilian cyber work roles across filled and vacant positions may hinder recruiting and retention.
08/06/2021
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Workforce
The Biden-Harris administration is looking into what feds could be subject to more stringent vaccination requirements in addition to the mandate for VA clinical staff, said Jeff Zients, COVID-19 response coordinator.
08/05/2021
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Workforce
Biden's nominee to the general counsel at the FLRA could help clear a backlog of unfair labor practice charges from federal unions.
08/05/2021