Employee Policy
How agencies with frontline feds are responding to the monkeypox outbreak
As of last week, there were almost 16,000 cases reported in the U.S.
Tech
Traffic Overwhelms Student Loan Sites Following Biden’s Debt Relief Announcement
Student loan company Nelnet said providers received no advance warning about the White House’s loan forgiveness plan, contributing to confusion and site outages.
Workforce
Many People Lost Sense of Time During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic altered many people's sense of time, leading to trouble keeping track of days and feeling that hours either rushed by or slowed down.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Inflation Reduction Act's IRS Priorities
Former White House official Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins the podcast to discuss how the law will affect taxpayers and small businesses.
Defense
Do Some 9/11 Responders Have a New Kind of Dementia?
World Trade Center responders who have PTSD may have a new, specific form of dementia, a new study suggests.
Management
Human Nature Can Steer People Away from New Things – and that Can Blind Them to Novel Threats
Those who seek to cause harm are as capable of generating creative ideas as anyone else. Two psychologists and counterterrorism scholars suggest how not to overlook a new danger.
Workforce
Language Patterns Reveal People’s Hidden Feelings About Others
New research digs into how patterns in the language people use to describe their feelings can reveal what they really think about other groups of people.
Management
FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit Reveals How Trump May Have Compromised National Security – a Legal Expert Answers 5 Key Questions
A search warrant expert breaks down the affidavit the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago, and the national security concerns it presents.
Oversight
As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis
The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it.
Management
USPS Lists Hundreds of Post Offices and Other Facilities Where It Will Consolidate Operations
The changes will take place as soon as next month.
Management
USDA Plans ‘Historic’ Funding to Help Struggling Farmers and Develop New Ag Leaders
“The idea here obviously is to enlarge the number of people that are engaged in this very important occupation and calling,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: The Secret Service Returned $286 Million in Fraudulently Obtained Pandemic Funds
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Tech
How the VA’s Adoption of Login.gov is Going
The agency is standing up in-person identity proofing to help veterans who struggle to go through the identity proofing process online because of a lack of connectivity or existing digital credentials.
Employee Policy
Here's what can happen when the average clearance holder mishandles classified information
It very, very rarely results in security clearance denial and revocation.
Employee Policy
At least one major agency is still testing unvaxxed feds, defying White House policy
DOD says it is still trying to figure out how to implement the new policy within its unique workforce.
Employee Policy
NARA recovered more than 100 classified documents from Trump in January
The National Archives earlier this year recovered hundreds of pages of classified material from the president's home, including documents relating to special access programs—some of the nation's most closely held secrets.
Employee Policy
VOA’s leader discusses employee morale, international crises and more
Voice of America's Yolanda López says employees “were hungry for information and transparency” when she took over as acting director, as President Biden came into office.
Oversight
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Lawsuit Spotlights How Difficult Search Warrants Are to Challenge – by a Criminal Suspect or An Ex-President – until Charges Are Brought
Trump’s lawsuit against the FBI has been criticized as baseless. But it spotlights a loophole in federal law that doesn’t protect people’s rights when they are subjected to a search warrant.
Management
‘Contract Bundling’ is an Issue That’s Still Top of Mind for the Small Business Administration
This issue impacts women-owned small businesses disproportionately, said an SBA official.
Employee Policy