Pay & Benefits
It Could Soon Get Even Easier for Feds to Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness
The Education Department has proposed a package of regulatory reforms aimed at making loan forgiveness programs more accessible.
Workforce
Staffing Shortages Are Growing Worse at VA After Years of Improvement
The department cited the pandemic and union obligations for its issues.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Journey, Part Two: The Transition
The second in a three-part series on one employee’s retirement experience.
Defense
After Criticism, Army Reinstates Its High School Diploma Requirement as Recruitment Plummets
Service leaders offered to welcome more applicants without degrees, amid the “most challenging” recruiting environment since the Vietnam War.
Workforce
Right-Wing Activist Tees up a Successor to Schedule F
Christopher Rufo, an instigator of culture war battles over critical race theory, wants to "centralize ideological control" of federal agencies within the Office of Management and Budget in the next Republican administration.
Management
Fred Gray, the ‘Chief Counsel for the Protest Movement,’ to Get Medal of Freedom for His Civil Rights Work
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Supreme Court Is Limiting the Regulatory State
The Brennan Center's Martha Kinsella joins the podcast to discuss the high court's decision on regulatory power.
Oversight
19 U.S. Diplomatic Posts Receive Grants for Their Sustainable Ideas
A State Department program awards up to $1 million to assist U.S. embassies and consulates for their innovative solutions to environmental problems.
Pay & Benefits
Court Weighs Whether to Pay Damages to Employees Who Worked During 2018's Record-Long Shutdown
The Biden administration argues the government's hands were tied and it did not violate labor law.
Pay & Benefits
More Help Is On the Way for Feds With TSP Transition Troubles, and Those Affected By Flooding
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
After Mass Shootings, Lawmakers Weigh Body Armor Bans
Over the past 20 years, sales of body armor have grown steadily among the general population.
Tech
GSA Looks to Help Get LGBTQI-owned Small Businesses in the Contracting Mix
The agency is going to work with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce as part of an effort to increase access to contracting for LGBTQI-owned small businesses.
Management
How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence
The drugmaker has the best-selling vaccine to prevent covid and the most effective drug to treat it. Its success has overshadowed the government’s covid-fighting strategy.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Postal Service Will Continue to Deliver Abortion Meds by Mail
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss how USPS will handle mailers sending mifepristone and misoprostol via its network.
Management
This Is Where USPS Is Building Out Its First Mega-Centers This Year
The Postal Service will build out 60 new facilities as part of Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan, adding to its overall staff and improving working conditions.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s What Needs to Happen for the 2023 Federal Employee Pay Raise
Although the Biden administration and lawmakers appear set on providing feds an average 4.6% pay increase next year, things could change before the end of the year.
Management
Social Security Benefits Play a Key Role in Preventing Older Americans from Lacking Enough Quality Food
Higher Social Security benefits can significantly reduce the odds of an older person’s being food insecure.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Connection Between Mindfulness and Leadership
Andrew Feldman and Marc Margolius join the podcast to discuss mindfulness and management.
Management
A Deep Dive Into the Widening Mortality Gap Across the Political Aisle
New research examines how an area’s political environment can affect its mortality rate.
Management