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The usaspending.gov site “provides a trove of information” but it is underused because it is not well enough known, including …More
The usaspending.gov site “provides a trove of information” but it is underused because it is not well enough known, including …More
The GSA has issued final rules changing policies on art content in federal building, ending the Trump administration’s emphasis on …More
GAO has said that federal agencies still are holding some Native American cultural items—ranging from funerary objects and other cultural …More
The Biden administration has laid out a series of initiatives regarding unions in the federal workplace, some of which it …More
Among the initiatives in the report of the administration’s Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment is reinstating a program …More
The heads of two House committees have asked the GAO to study the adequacy of mental health services for federal …More
President Biden has issued an executive order designed to “help alleviate the management and coordination challenges that can stymie progress” …More
A Senate committee has again voted to approve a nominee for the FLRA’s governing board and one for the MSPB’s, …More
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved bills including: * S-3423, to specify that hiring in the competitive …More
For the second time in less than a week, a federal appeals court has overturned a restriction on bargaining in …More
OPM has authorized agencies to use Schedule A excepted service hiring for temporarily filling positions related to the Infrastructure Investment …More
Federal agencies are making little use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act mobility program, GAO has said, even though such rotations, which …More
The FAA has agreed to reinstate an employee with benefits including four years of back pay for failing to comply …More
A federal appeals court has overturned an FLRA policy restricting bargaining during the term of a labor-management contract, one of …More
Freedom of Information Act requests declined government-wide by 8 percent in fiscal year 2020 but agencies processed 12 percent fewer …More
The back and forth regarding the status of a union for Justice Department immigration judges is continuing, with a new …More
A poll conducted by the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys found that more than nine-tenths of its members say …More
In a poll that could have implications for agency planning for long-run working arrangements, citizen satisfaction dropped in 2021 by …More
A group of more than a dozen senators has pressed the SSA to improve customer service, saying that while the …More
OMB has issued guidance on the Biden administration’s initiative to move the federal government toward a “zero trust” approach to …More
A federal appeals court decision has addressed the standards for what types of disclosures by federal employees qualify for protection …More
Shortages of staff have hampered FEMA’s ability to respond to natural disasters, the GAO has said, and “With an increase …More
In one of the few assessments so far of cost savings for an agency due to a shift from in-person …More
Grades were generally flat on the latest scorecard of agency implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, with …More
The Biden administration has established an interagency council to coordinate agency activities under its Made in America initiative, the latest …More
A hiring policy change that OPM made last June broadening the circumstances in which former federal employees can be hired …More
A new bipartisan bill offered in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would require federal agencies to take …More
The Defense Department’s central ethics office has issued guidance on changes to ethics policies applying to DoD employees enacted in …More
While the average age of current federal employees is 47, the average age of new hires is 39, and “to …More
The FDA has made use of hiring and pay flexibilities but its long-range staffing planning is hampered because the agency …More