Management
VA to Offer Abortions in Limited Cases
In a policy reversal, the department is following the Dobbs decision by allowing VA doctors to terminate pregnancies caused by rape or incest, or that threaten the mother's life.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: Updated Boosters Will Be Available Soon
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Oversight
Sounding the Alarm on Extremism, Biden Says ‘MAGA Republicans’ Pose Threat to Democracy
Thursday’s speech marks Biden’s second visit to Pennsylvania — a battleground state with high-stakes elections this fall — in the past week
Management
What’s Next after the FBI Search of Trump’s Residence?
"What we do know is that they were executing a search warrant that suggested they had probable cause to believe that evidence would be found for three different crimes."
Management
COVID-19 Distress Upped Vax Rates, but not Distancing
People more distressed during the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely to follow distancing guidelines, but more likely to get vaccinated.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan
The Student Borrower Protection Center's Ben Kaufman joins the podcast to talk about how the Department of Education will administer the new White House debt relief program.
Management
Climate-Based Trainings and Performance Plans Are Coming for Federal Employees
The Biden administration wants a workforce capable of helping it meet its sustainability goals.
Pay & Benefits
Before And After Retirement: A To-Do List
Tips on navigating the periods sandwiched around your retirement date.
Management
The Biden Administration Moves to Make Unions More Accessible to Federal Contractors
This carries out a recommendation from the White House task force on worker organizing.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Portfolios Faltered Again in August
Nearly all of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings plan returned to negative territory last month.
Tech
OMB Looks to Update Federal Race and Ethnicity Data Standards
The government's chief statistician put out a call for input via newly announced listening sessions as part of OMB's work to update federal race and ethnicity standards.
Defense
Poll: Half of Americans Say Sending Troops to Afghanistan Was ‘A Mistake’
Less than one-quarter believe the two-decade conflict made America safer.
Oversight
Commentary: Student Loan Forgiveness Proves that if Government Can’t Help Americans, What Good Is It?
The costs of college, even at public universities, have outstripped stagnant wages and Americans need student loan forgiveness.
Management
A Look at the DHS Watchdog’s Work with a Nonprofit on Strategic Planning and Other Issues
Improved Federal Employees Viewpoint Survey scores may be the result of a collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration.
Management
That Time Reformers Took on Cronyism, Nepotism and Alcoholism in the Federal Workforce
How the Pendleton Act created the modern civil service.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: How the Revised CDC Guidelines Will Affect Feds
Federal employment attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully joins the podcast to how the new guidance will affect feds and contractors.
Workforce
VA Nurses Stage Demonstrations to Protest Understaffing
Employees are taking on more work than ever, causing burn out and high turnover. VA hopes new pay authorities will reverse that trend.
Pay & Benefits
It's Official: Biden Formalizes Average 4.6% Pay Raise Plan for Feds in 2023
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic pay increases from taking effect confirms that 0.5% of the total pay raise will go to an average increase in locality pay.
Nextgov
CISA Seeks Software Engineers to Build New Registrar for .Gov Domain
The agency is taking new hiring authorities out for a spin in the recruitment effort to make state and local government websites more secure
Defense