Dems: Expanded Workforce Diversity Part of State, USAID Mandate, Oppose Training Ban
Democratic leaders of the House Appropriations Committee have objected to the stoppage of diversity and inclusiveness type training at the …More
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Safety Feature Disabled by a Paper Clip: Concerns Raised about Physical Security of IT at IRS
An inspector general report stresses that IT security requires physical security as well as digital, saying they “are important for …More
New Procedures Set for Whistleblowing Cases Involving IG Employees
The Office of Special Counsel and the council of agency IGs have reached an agreement on procedures for cases involving …More
Guidance Issued on Environmental Reviews
OMB has issued guidance to agencies on carrying out a recent rule from the Council on Environmental Quality on environmental …More
FLRA Paves Way to Revoke Union Representation for Immigration Judges
Overturning its own longstanding policy and a recent decision by one of its regional directors, the FLRA has ruled that …More
Administration Drops Plan to Break Up OPM
The Trump administration has dropped its plan to break up OPM by moving its operating divisions to the GSA and …More
Agencies Told to Report on Disciplinary Actions Following EO Strengthening Management
OPM has told agencies to submit separate reports, one for fiscal 2019 and one for fiscal 2020, on disciplinary actions …More
Report Offers Advice on Rapid Hiring
Although the federal hiring process has a reputation for being slow, there are tools available to federal agencies that find …More
DoD Seeking to Limit Weather and Safety Leave
The Pentagon has told DoD components to limit the amount of weather and safety leave in use by civilian employees …More
Group Calls for Threat Analysis of Agency Mobile Devices
The federal mobility group, a community of practice under the federal CIO Council, has urged federal agencies to stay on …More
IG: Limited Oversight of Retention Payments at NSA; $13,500 Average
The National Security Agency paid retention incentives to more than 1,200 employees worth more that $13,500 on average in a …More
Report: VA Police Training at PA Facility Endangered Vets, Employees
An investigation has confirmed a whistleblower’s disclosure that training exercises for police at a VA facility in Butler, PA put …More
Lack of Workforce Planning Hampers CBP Enforcement, GAO Says
Customs and Border Protection has devoted increased resources to enforcing prohibitions on importing goods made with forced labor under 2016 …More
VA Asks Employees to Help Fight Covid-19 Misinformation
The VA’s central IT office has called on the department’s employees to help fight the spread of misinformation about the …More
Agencies Told to Report on Use of Military Spouse Hiring Authority
OPM has told agencies to report by year’s end on their use in fiscal 2020 of an authority hiring preference …More
Suit Filed against Executive Order on Policy-Related Jobs
The NTEU union has filed a suit against President Trump’s executive order to move policy-related career jobs into a newly …More
Data Lacking on Sexual Harassment, Says GAO
A GAO report says that while sexual harassment has been proven to create health, productivity, career, and reporting and legal …More
Apply Authority to Move to Excepted Service Broadly, Agencies Told
Federal agencies have been told to take a broad view of which career federal jobs are potentially subject to President …More
Changes in Workplace Due to Pandemic Looking Permanent, Study Concludes
Changes in federal workplace operations caused by the pandemic likely will be permanent, in part because the experience has shown …More
Guidance Issued on Diversity Training Ban
The Labor Department has issued guidance on issues arising under the recent Trump administration order banning certain content in diversity …More
OPM Rules Stress Use of Probationary Period
Among the provisions of the newly finalized rules from OPM carrying out a 2018 executive order on disciplinary policies is …More
Personnel Issues Listed among Management Challenges at IRS
Personnel issues ranging from operating the agency during a pandemic to threats against employees are among the major challenges facing …More
Senior Leaders Cite Recruiting, Retention Problems
Only just above half of senior leaders say their agency is able to recruit the best employees while only a …More
Stop Actioning Key Deliverables and Write Plainly
A new report on compliance with the Plain Writing Act shows that 10 years after enactment of that law, many …More
IG Council Honors HHS, VA, Transportation, Justice Depts.
The central council of IGs has presented annual awards to several teams and individuals for notable accomplishments, including: * An …More
Federal Workforce Getting More Diverse, Better Educated
New demographic data on the federal workforce show several long-term trends continuing, including an overall increase in educational levels and …More
New GS Locality Approved for Des Moines Area
Final rules have been published to create a new GS locality for the Des Moines, Iowa, area, as well as …More
Improvements in Federal Agency Customer Service Reported
The government has made progress in the year since a report on its shortcomings in providing customer service, the Partnership …More
Two Emergency Leave Transfer Programs Approved
OPM has approved emergency leave transfer programs related to the California wildfires and to Hurricane Laura, in which employees may …More
Hiring Pilot for Customer Experience Jobs Called Successful
A pilot project in which subject matter experts from nine agencies joined to produce a shared job announcement for a …More
