Budget Projects Employment Growth at VA, Agriculture, Other Agencies
The Biden administration’s budget proposal projects growth in federal employment in fiscal 2023 over current-year levels of 82,300 positions—3.6 percent—with …More
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Budget Charts Familiar Trends in Federal Workforce
The White House budget proposal says that long-running demographic trends in the federal workforce are continuing, including a shift to …More
First MSPB Board Decision in Five Years Backs Agency on Probationary Period Dispute
With two of its three seats now filled, the MSPB board has issued its first decision in more than five …More
State Dept. Training Bill Advances; Bills Offered on Legacy IT, Cybersecurity
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved S-3492, which would boost professional training programs at the State Department with a …More
Report Suggests Consolidating Oversight of Agency IT Supply Chain Risks
A report for Congress has suggested possible strategy changes for managing agency cyber supply chain risks, including consolidating oversight that …More
Another Report Cites Issues with Private Tax Debt Collection Program
The inspector general’s office at the IRS again has raised issues with the agency’s program in which some tax debt …More
Bills on Public Lands Agencies, Other Issues Advance in Senate
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved S-2433, which would require Agriculture and Interior to produce an inventory …More
Tighter Controls Sought on Employee Leave at IRS
An IG report has called for tighter controls over employee leave at the IRS after finding lack of documentation and …More
Public Views Federal Employees More Highly Than It Views Government in General
The public has a higher opinion of federal employees than it does of the government in general, according to a …More
VA Announces ‘Reentry’ Plans; Hill Republicans Continue to Press Agencies
The VA has started “reentry” of employees who have been mainly or exclusively teleworking to a hybrid of onsite and …More
Update to CFO Authorities Proposed
Legislation offered in the House would update and expand authorities of agency chief financial offices in what would be the …More
OPM Calls for Data on Agency Workforce Diversity
OPM has issued a call to agencies for fiscal 2021 data on the diversity of their workforces for three separate …More
Injury Compensation Measures Advance; Transparency, CBP Hiring Bills Introduced
The House Education and Labor Committee has passed HR-2499, to provide that heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers are …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Hosting SES Development Programs
OPM has issued a “Pathways to the Senior Executive Service Toolkit” for agencies to use in hosting Executive Women in …More
Agencies Prodded on FOIA Compliance; Review by GAO Requested
The Justice Department has issued new guidance to agencies on compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, stressing that the …More
Bill Offered to Put Trump Personnel Orders into Law
A bill has been offered HR-7095 in the House to put into law executive orders issued during the Trump administration …More
OPM Calls for Data on Use of Physicians’ Allowances
OPM has told agencies to report by March 31 on the “physicians comparability allowance,” a form of recruitment/retention incentive payment …More
DHS Finds Little Evidence of Violent Extremism in Its Own Workforce
DHS has found little evidence of domestic violent extremism in its own workforce, although the review added that the department’s …More
EEOC Cautions against Discrimination Based on Caregiver Status
In guidance that applies to federal agencies as well as private sector employers covered by the Civil Rights Act, the …More
Leaders Named for Management Agenda Priorities
The Biden administration has named the leaders for the three areas of focus of its President’s Management Agenda, including OPM …More
Start Carrying Out Secure Software Standards, Agencies Told
OMB has told federal agencies to begin carrying out standards on software security recently issued by the National Institute of …More
Application Window Opens for Leadership Development Program
The application window has opened for the 2022-2023 class of the White House Leadership Development Program, a one-year program for …More
Data Center Initiative Gets Mixed Review from GAO
GAO has given a mixed review to the data center optimization initiative, finding that while the two dozen agencies involved …More
EEOC Sets Dates for Annual Training Conference, Calls for Speakers
The EEOC has said its main annual training conference for EEO, HR and alternative dispute resolution professionals, the EXCEL (Examining …More
Committee Calls for More Guidance on Agency Use of AI
A lack of guidance to federal agencies on use of artificial intelligence—even as that use is growing rapidly “presents a …More
USPS Feeling Impact of Truck Driver Shortage, Says Audit
The Postal Service is among the businesses feeling the impact of the nationwide shortage of truck drivers, and audit has …More
Bipartisan Bill Offered on Job Qualifications, Candidate Assessment
A bipartisan bill (HR-6967) newly offered in the House would expand and put into law several changes to hiring policy …More
OPM Calls for Data on Student Loan Reimbursements
OPM has told agencies to report on their calendar year 2021 use of student loan reimbursements, one authority agencies can …More
Views of Leadership Important to Trust in Civil Service Protections
The level of trust that federal employees have in civil service protections “is shaped by their perceptions of how leaders …More
DHS Training Bills Pass House
The House has passed: * HR-5616, to require DHS to report annually to the Congress on the accreditation status of …More
