Workforce
A group of Capital region Democrats want the Office of Personnel Management and the Centers for Disease Control to make the inoculation of federal employees a federal process.
02/18/2021
Workforce
As it stands, future presidents could re-create Schedule F with more exemptions from the civil service, a power that the courts and the Congress have the power to change.
02/12/2021
Congress
A provision from the House Oversight and Reform Committee would give feds 600 hours – or 15 weeks – of emergency paid leave to recover from COVID-19 or manage dependents whose care has been upended by the health crisis.
02/11/2021
Workforce
The Federal Labor Relations Authority is defending a 2020 rule in a union lawsuit – a rule opposed by the official now temporarily in charge of the agency.
02/08/2021
Defense
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directs commanding officers and supervisors to hold a "stand down" discussion on extremism in the next 60 days.
02/08/2021
Workforce
The bill would move all TSA employees into Title 5 of the U.S. Code, with pay conforming to the general schedule and collective bargaining rights.
02/07/2021
Workforce
Lawmakers are looking to President Biden's Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh for help on modernizing unemployment insurance delivery, worker safety and stimulating growth in STEM jobs.
02/04/2021
Defense
The U.S. Space Force has begun transferring more than a thousand cyber professionals into its ranks as of Feb. 1 with plans to start recruiting talent for multiple career fields from across the military branches this year.
02/04/2021
Defense
The Defense Department is planning to incorporate drone training for every service member as part of its counter small unmanned aerial systems strategy.
02/04/2021
People
During his time as mayor, Marty Walsh pursued actions to increase the amount of minority-, women- and veteran-owned contractors in Boston.
02/03/2021
Workforce
Federal employee groups and unions had requested that Biden remove the panel's members.
02/03/2021
Defense
The Navy's Task Force One Navy report looks to STEM training, recruitment, grooming policies as paths to encourage diversity and inclusion.
02/03/2021
Workforce
Trump administration hiring freezes have been causing a strain on federal agencies trying to cope with the demands put on IT staff because of telework.
02/02/2021
Workforce
Sponsors say the legislation is needed to allow federal first responders to access their retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.
02/01/2021
Workforce
House Democrats are looking to extend federal employee benefits with new legislation.
01/28/2021