Defense
Limited Abortions Will Continue On Defense Bases Despite Roe v. Wade Reversal
“There will be no interruption to this care,” the Pentagon said in a memo.
Oversight
White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson Details How Powerful Officials Leaned on Her to ‘Figure It Out’ on Jan. 6
'I started to get frustrated because I felt like I was watching a bad car accident that was about to happen,” the former aide to the White House chief of staff said.
Defense
How Can Defense Contractors Battle Rising Costs? Here Are Some Tips
Takeaways from the Pentagon's May memo on inflation.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Using The Citizen Experience to Increase Trust in Government
William Eggers joins the podcast to discuss how CX can be part of ways citizen feel about the levels of government.
Route Fifty
Republicans Look to Reverse Biden’s Infrastructure Permitting Changes
They’re raising concerns that reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act will slow down projects, now that the Biden administration has scrapped a Trump-era rules rewrite.
Management
ICE Continues Its Streak Without a Confirmed Leader as Biden's Nominee Withdraws
The Homeland Security Department agency last had a confirmed director in 2013.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Officials Promise Service Will Improve After a Difficult Transition to the New Recordkeeping System
Staffing at the call center that serves participants of the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program has already increased 66%, with more on the way.
Management
Senators Have More Questions for the DHS Watchdog on His Handling of Reports About Sexual Harassment, Domestic Violence
The inspector general had sent them a 17-page response defending his handling of the matter.
Defense
New Air Force Space Buyer Eyes Fixed-price Contracts
Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, said "fixed-price contracting is not a bad approach for space things" and could help keep acquisitions on time.
Management
Senators Spike a Plan to Close Hundreds of VA Facilities and Displace Thousands of Workers
The bipartisan group won't allow votes on nominees to serve on a controversial commission.
Tech
HHS Needs Improved Data Breach Reporting, Watchdog Says
Data breaches have increased each year since 2015.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: LGBTQ+ Workers and Discrimination
Federal employment attorney Dan Meyer joins the podcast to discuss how workers can identify discrimination at the office and what can be done about it.
Workforce
Enforcement of Biden's Federal Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Delayed—Again
A federal appeals court will rehear the case this fall in front of its full panel of its judges.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Are Responding to the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling. Here's How.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees’ access to in-state reproductive health services disappeared Friday after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Management
The Latest on the Formula Shortage and What the Government is Doing About It
Republican lawmakers are demanding a briefing and internal communications from the White House on the shortage.
Tech
Digital Identity Challenges Could Be a Roadblock to Improved CX
Government agencies are currently wrestling with how exactly to verify Americans who want to access federal programs and services.
Defense
‘Matter of National Security’: Democratic Veterans, Advocates Call For Codifying Right To Abortion
“Now that women in uniform have lost their reproductive rights, our country's fighting force is hindered and our security is at risk,” said a former Army helicopter pilot running for Congress.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Federal Government Role in Student Loan Servicing… And How It Can Be Fixed
The Student Borrower Protection Center's Ben Kaufman joins the podcast to discuss how the Department of Education is involved in education debt.
Route Fifty
How One State Used Its Giant Budget Surplus
Idaho this year had extra revenue that was equal to nearly half the amount of its general fund revenues, and that was on top of federal aid. Here's what lawmakers did with the money.
Management