New Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Federal Workers in 2023
President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill in late 2022, which featured two new laws set to …More
President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill in late 2022, which featured two new laws set to …More
The backlog of requests for veterans’ records increased on the order of 10 times due to the pandemic, rising from …More
When setting starting pay for newly hired employees, federal agencies could not take into consideration their history of salaries when …More
The GAO has called on FEMA to better assess the effectiveness of its hiring efforts, noting that the agency has …More
Last fall’s Combined Federal Campaign raised $72.6 million and a special pledge period related to humanitarian relief for Ukraine raised …More
The Biden administration has said it plans to issue additional guidance on federal agency use of artificial intelligence, citing a …More
While the numbers of ICE and CBP agents have held about steady in recent years their workload has increased, creating …More
OPM has encouraged agencies to support their employees’ mental health, pointing to resources and policies in that area in conjunction …More
An investigation has confirmed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “intentionally” misclassified some higher-level positions as involving …More
A GSA pilot project for collecting data on contracts under the multiple awards system yielded information that is not accurate …More
The National Park Service and the Postal Service topped the favorability ratings among federal agencies in a recent Pew Research …More
Lack of coordination on payments between the Medicare program and the VA’s program for veterans care outside its facilities allowed …More
The EEOC has announced a virtual workshop for May 23 from 1-4:15 pm Eastern time titled “A View from the …More
The EEOC has issued a guide to how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to employees or job applicants with …More
An inspector general report has called for tighter controls over the use of government-issued travel charge cards at OPM following …More
The Postal Service’s need to install charging stations at its facilities as it expands its electric vehicle fleet offers the …More
OPM has issued guidance on carrying out rules that took effect in January allowing agencies to make term appointments of …More
OPM has started centralizing into its opm.gov/data portal a variety of workforce-related statistics it keeps, under the President’s Management Agenda …More
The GSA has finalized rules changes designed to increase the use by agencies of the “exchange/sale” authority, under which agencies …More
The Defense Department “faces significant installation management challenges” with at least $137 billion in deferred facility maintenance costs and at …More
The CIO Council and GSA have issued a best practices guide for agencies on sustainable IT, as ordered by the …More
The EEOC has joined with three other agencies—the Justice Department, the FTC and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau—in a joint …More
A Navy official who rose from a GS-2 temporary position to a senior position in programming, budgeting, financial analysis, accounting …More
Initiatives over a decade to address under-representation of women and minorities in the NASA workforce “have shown little impact to …More
The application period will run May 1-June 9 for the annual Chief Executive Officer “CXO Fellowship program”, a virtual professional …More
The EEOC has issued a guide on Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment in the Federal Sector that is intended, in …More
In a report whose recommendations could apply to other agencies as well, the inspector general of the EPA has said …More
President Biden has issued an executive order that “makes clear that the pursuit of environmental justice is a duty of …More
Among legislation recently introduced in Congress is a bill (HR-2689) to require a series of customer service improvements by federal …More
The latest quarterly updates on OPM’s activities toward its agency priority goals under the President’s Management Agenda, posted at performance.gov, …More