Sponsor Content

Optimizing Individual Health Readiness for the National Guard and Reserve

Optum Serve supports National Guard and Reserve forces, recognizing their medical readiness is vital to national security and mission readiness.

Oversight

End of pandemic inspector general's office could hurt ongoing efforts to enforce accountability

A former senior official for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery said there were about 40 unfinished cases when the office’s authority lapsed, some of which were referred to other agencies and others closed.

Exclusive Workforce

CDC to cut one employee for each it is recalling from layoffs

The agency returned around 300 staff and plans to soon cut an additional 300 in response.

Workforce

Congressional Dems urge rescission of Schedule F regulations

Though the Office of Personnel Management has estimated around 50,000 federal employees, or 2% of the workforce, would be stripped of their civil service protections under the controversial initiative, lawmakers warned a failure to define "policy-related” positions will cause far more to become at-will employees.

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Mission-Critical Systems Under Attack: Defending Against GenAI-Bots

GenAI bots are fast-evolving cyber threats. HUMAN Security counters them with 400+ AI algorithms to detect and stop attacks in real time.

Management

More than 80 lawmakers from both parties urge Trump to unfreeze FEMA funding

The bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency urging support for a grant program that helps local communities strengthen their preparedness for natural disasters.

Pay & Benefits

Age gap retirement planning for federal employees: Avoiding the 'Widow’s Penalty,' Medicare planning and more

How to think about the best ways to utilize your retirement and health care benefits when you may be older, or younger, than your spouse.

Management

Republicans want Treasury to study free tax filing options — again

The reconciliation text being considered by the House Ways and Means Committee includes $15 million for the IRS to study how to give Americans free ways to file their taxes that would replace both the Free File and Direct File programs.

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Management

Trump’s Qatari Air Force One would pose massive security risks

Treating the aircraft as safe for the commander in chief with just a few modifications is "absurd," one former senior defense official said.

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Oversight

Government watchdog reports that its unimplemented recommendations could save $100 billion

President Donald Trump has prioritized government efficiency, primarily through an effort led by Elon Musk.

Exclusive Oversight

NDAs for VA employees working on staff reduction plans prompts House Dems probe

The use of non-disclosure agreements could "chill employees from disclosing violations of waste, fraud and abuse," top oversight Democrat says.

Management

How William Howard Taft’s approach to government efficiency differed from Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn tactics

President Taft worked with Congress to launch his effort to streamline government, while Trump has taken a different route.

Pay & Benefits

OPM touts ‘fully paperless’ retirement application, though concerns remain

Sources warn that the Trump administration has overstated both DOGE’s role in developing online retirement applications and its potential impact on the retirement process.

Management

Trump administration tells court publicly releasing its mass layoff plans would hurt recruiting and retention

A judge's order pausing those layoffs is having varying effects at agencies, with at least one temporarily undoing RIF actions.

Management

Standard leadership advice tough to practice under Trump’s government overhaul

Government experts recently offered guidance to public sector leaders on how to successfully manage teams in an unpredictable environment.

Tech

Reconciliation text includes $500 million for modernization and AI at Commerce

The text also includes a prohibition on state-level enforcement of AI laws and regulations.

Workforce

Most major agencies must pause RIFs for at least two weeks, judge orders

Court finds the Trump administration has likely acted unlawfully in instituting widespread layoffs.

Tech

Trump administration unveils multi-billion dollar plan to modernize air traffic control system

“To do it in three or four years, we need all of the money up front,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said about the White House’s push to upgrade antiquated air traffic control technologies across the U.S.

Workforce

Policy that let federal employees use preferred bathroom formally overturned by Trump administration

A trans federal employee, backed by legal groups, this week sued over Trump’s order that limits which bathroom individuals can use in government buildings.