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
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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
New ‘Buy American’ Procurement Rules Finalized
GSA has published final rules to carry out a Biden administration executive order building on prior “Buy American” policies, setting …More
Report Calls for More Training on Religious Comp Time at EPA
An inspector general audit has again called for more training of EPA supervisors and employees on compensatory time off for …More
Employees More Engaged under Career Leaders, Study Finds
A study has found a “small but statistically significant” increase in federal employees’ engagement with their work under career leadership …More
Don’t View Employees as ‘Resources,’ Says Retiring Personnel Leader
A long-time federal personnel leader has said in managing their workforces agencies should remember that “humans are not capital or …More
GAO Offers Recipe for Getting Off High-Risk List
GAO has said that “sustained leadership, planning, and execution” by agencies—as well as attention from Congress and OMB—have proven to …More
SSA Managers Cite Concerns with Pandemic Office Operations
An IG audit several concerns of SSA managers different from those of front-line employees in the agency’s restricted field office …More
Unions Press VA on Educating Workers on Pandemic Benefits, Services
Five unions representing Veterans Affairs employees have pressed the department to better educate its employees on the “rights, benefits, and …More
Cybersecurity Bill Passes Senate; Bill on VA Employee Rights Offered
The Senate has passed a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill (S-3600) affecting federal agencies that pulls together provisions of a number of …More
Hill Leaders Push for Stronger FOIA Compliance Requirements
A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders has urged the Justice Department, which oversees agency implementation of the Freedom …More
Report: Change in Law Could be Needed to Preserve Policy of Cooperation with Agency IGs
OMB’s December memo requiring agencies to more fully cooperate with inspector general offices appears to be that agency’s “first published …More
Second ‘Pulse’ Survey of Workforce Shows Gains, OMB Says
The second “pulse” survey of federal employee views on returning to onsite work, engagement and equity shows gains over the …More
