Workforce
President Joe Biden reversed much of his predecessor's workforce agenda in the first days of his administration via executive order, but unions at the Social Security Administration are unhappy with the pace of implementation of new policies.
06/30/2021
Congress
The House Appropriations Committee is going along with appears the 2.7% raise recommended by the president, but Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and other Democrats say that that isn't enough.
06/29/2021
Workforce
The annual 'Best Places to Work' report indicates that almost 60% of the federal workforce teleworked full-time during the peak lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
06/29/2021
Workforce
There are no more governmentwide limits on official travel for vaccinated federal employees.
06/28/2021
Workforce
An executive order issued last Friday directs the federal government to ramp up diversity training, rethink the use salary history as a basis for pay determinations and supply gender non-conforming and non-binary and transgender feds with employee credentials that reflect their current names, pictures and pronouns.
06/27/2021
Workforce
Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee want the federal government to be a leader in providing paid family and medical leave to employees.
06/24/2021
Workforce
The U.S. Coast Guard wants to build out its cyber workforce, but will have to contend with budget restraints and culture issues surrounding sexual harassment and retaliation.
06/24/2021
Workforce
The agency has lacked a quorum since 2017 and currently faces a backlog of over 3,000 appeals
06/23/2021
Workforce
New talent teams aimed at bettering hiring strategies are part of the Biden administration's multi-year strategy for the federal workforce, said OMB official on Tuesday.
06/23/2021
Defense
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has begun to relax some of its COVID-19 safety procedures, but the challenge has been managing workers across different physical locations, networks and work schedules.
06/22/2021
Workforce
A probe found that Defense Digital Service Brett Goldstein did condone the use of unapproved encrypted communications apps and also identified discussion among staffers about programming a script to rig an online competition.
06/22/2021
PEOPLE
No Republicans supported the nomination of Kiran Ahuja to lead the Office of Personnel Management.
06/22/2021
Workforce
The signing of a new law to commemorate Juneteenth as a federal holiday will give many federal employees the day off on Friday June 18.
06/17/2021
Workforce
The permanent federal firefighting force should help combat a longer fire season, the department says.
06/16/2021
Workforce
The Department of Agriculture is considering how and when to bring feds back to the office, but more telework might be in the offing, the agriculture secretary said Tuesday at a budget hearing.
06/15/2021