Trump Ends Management Fellows, Executive Boards, Other Programs
President Trump has ordered the end of the Presidential Management Fellows program and the Federal Executive Board program, among other …More
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DoD Getting Slower in Responding to Draft Reports, GAO Says
Despite a law designed to prod DoD into responding more quickly to GAO findings by requiring GAO to monitor the …More
Trump Acts to Increase White House Control over Independent Agencies
President Trump has issued an executive order asserting greater White House control over the budgets, policies and regulatory actions of …More
OPM Expands Authority to Use Temporary Senior Appointments
OPM has expanded the authority for temporary appointments of political appointees in their senior ranks that it granted to agencies …More
DeJoy to Resign from USPS; Says Reorganization Initiative Must Continue
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has announced his intention to resign—although to stay in office until a replacement is named—in the …More
Bureau of Indian Education: Progress, but Much Left to Do
The Bureau of Indian Education “has taken commendable steps in recent years” to address management problems that resulted on its …More
Bill Reintroduced to Better Safeguard Mail Carriers
Bipartisan legislation has been reintroduced in the House and Senate that is designed to address risking assaults on postal carriers …More
Comer Seeks Return of Fast-Track Agency Reorganization Process
A process not used for four decades for Congress to give fast-track review of agency reorganizations would be revived under …More
Dejoy, Postal Commission Continue Dispute Over Restructuring Plan
The dispute between the Postal Regulatory Commission and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over his Delivering for America restructuring plan has …More
GAO Cites Workforce Challenges at Maritime Administration
In the latest of a string of reports calling attention to workforce challenges at various agencies, the GAO has said …More
Spouses of Military Personnel, Overseas Foreign Service Exempted from Return-to-Office Directive
Federal agencies should continue remote work arrangements for spouses of military personnel, and of Foreign Service members who are stationed …More
MSPB, FLRA Are Latest Central Agencies Hit with High-Level Firings
The White House has fired a member from both the MSPB and the FLRA in the latest of firings of …More
OPM Cautions Agencies on Potential Age Bias Claims in Deferred Resignation Program
OPM has said that “out of an abundance of caution,” agencies should take several additional actions for employees age 40 …More
OGE Director Is Latest Firing among Oversight Officials
The director of the Office of Government Ethics has become the latest official fired by the Trump administration from key …More
Trump Orders Closing of Federal Executive Institute
President Trump has ordered the closing of the Federal Executive Institute, for decades the government’s flagship leadership development program for …More
IGs Asked to Review ‘DOGE Team’ Access to Databases at OPM, Other Agencies
Top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked several agency IG offices to investigate reports that …More
Head of OSC Fired, Asks Court to Keep Him in Place
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, until his firing late last Friday (February 7), has filed …More
MSPB Says It’s Nearly Finished Clearing Its Backlog of Appeals
The MSPB has said it is nearly finished clearing out the backlog of some 3,800 appeals that built up over …More
Hill Democrats Ask How Trump Policies are Affecting Cyber Workforce
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee have asked OPM for information regarding how two of its main federal personnel …More
Review Ordered of Positions Reserved for Career SES
OPM has told agencies to review which senior executive positions are reserved for career members of the SES vs. those …More
EEOC: We’re Still Open Despite Executive Order, Loss of Quorum
The EEOC has stressed that it “remains open for business” even though its five-member governing board no longer has a …More
Order against DEIA Initiatives Doesn’t Mean Closing EEO Offices, Agencies Told
New guidance on President Trump’s executive order ending DEIA-oriented initiatives and related positions in federal agencies tells agencies to draw …More
OPM Recommends Appointees, Rather than Career SESers, as CIOs
OPM has recommended to agencies that any CIO positions filled by senior executives that currently are held by career SESers …More
Most Non-Disclosure Agreements at IRS Don’t Comply with Anti-Gag Order Policy, Audit Says
Of 22 non-disclosure agreements that the IRS uses in its workplace, 17 do not comply with anti-gag order requirements and …More
House Panel Touts AI Tool Tailored for Government Agencies
The House Budget Committee has urged more use AI by federal agencies, saying it “has the potential to reduce costs, …More
Trump Acts against Biden-Era Contracts, but Effect Is Uncertain
President Trump has issued a memo taking aim against labor-management contracts negotiated during the Biden administration that in its words …More
White House Memo on Contracts Could Presage More Moves against Unions
A White House memo telling agencies not to finalize any contracts negotiated during the last month of the Biden administration …More
Security Lapses Are Common in Federal Building Projects, Says IG
Lapses in security protections are a common theme in construction, repair and alteration projects of federal buildings overseen by the …More
Agency Can’t Limit Where Disclosures May Be Made, Court Rules
The Whistleblower Protection Act “does not require a protected disclosure to be channeled through a whistleblower’s chain of command,” a …More
Bipartisan Bill Reintroduced to Improve Mail Truck Safety
Bipartisan legislation has been reintroduced to better track serious crashes and fatalities involving contracted mail trucks toting USPS mail. Reps. …More
