Management
It’s Time to Bridge the Divide Separating Policymakers and Researchers
President Biden’s management agenda provides the perfect opportunity for government officials and public policy researchers to help one another solve pressing problems.
Tech
GovExec Daily: Government Customer Service Needs to Improve
James Isaacs joins the podcast to discuss how the Biden administration can improve citizen interactions.
Pay & Benefits
Career Prosecutors at the Justice Dept. Are Asking for Better Pay and More Telework
In a pair of letters, a professional association representing the prosecutors said the department should improve pay and working conditions to keep pace with legal employers in the private sector.
Oversight
The Special IG for Afghanistan Shares Advice on How to Spend Aid Money Well
More recommendations will come in the watchdog’s quarterly report next week.
Management
The Government's Top Watchdog Has Added Pandemic Response to Its High-Risk List
Longstanding issues have exacerbated shortcomings during the COVID-19 pandemic, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
Your Retirement Responsibility
There are certain critical questions only you can answer.
Route Fifty
Feds Announce Sweeping Plan to Reduce Surging Traffic Deaths
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called for drastically reducing deadly crashes, but much of the heavy lifting for the department's new initiative will fall on states and localities.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Smooth Sailing on Test Kit Distribution, Kudos for Fauci and Collins
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
Diversity and the Cyber Workforce
Data shows that the federal cybersecurity workforce is less diverse than the government overall, but addressing the disparity will take more than hiring more diverse employees, say DEIA experts and federal tech executives.
Management
Biden Administration Releases New Transgender Federal Prison Policy
Biden’s policy will require federal prison staff to use a transgender person’s lived name and pronouns in an effort to combat widespread abuse behind bars.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: An Early 2023 Pay Raise Proposal
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss a plan out of Congress for feds' pay.
Workforce
This Contender for Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Has a History with Feds
U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson presided over federal employee unions’ effort to overturn a series of anti-labor executive orders during her tenure at the Washington, D.C., District Court.
Workforce
Vaccine Mandate Still a Possibility for the Postal Service
The Postal Service, meanwhile, has begun delivering COVID-19 rapid tests to Americans' homes. It will not do the same for masks.
Management
Bipartisan Pair of Lawmakers Considers Reforms to CDC, Other Health Agencies
Making the CDC director a Senate-confirmed position is one provision in a new draft bill on pandemic preparedness.
Defense
Republicans Are Split Over Ukraine, Threatening a Rare Bipartisan Consensus
Some GOPers think Biden is doing too little to counter Russia. The far right thinks he’s doing too much.
Oversight
Expert: ARPA Could Better Fight Racial Wealth Inequality
The American Rescue Plan Act could do more to tackle racial wealth inequality, argues professor Goldburn P. Maynard Jr.
Defense
Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them
A declassified report concludes that U.S. Marines who began shooting after a Kabul airport suicide bombing were not under fire, contradicting previous accounts. And they did not hit any Afghan civilians.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Taking Steps to Create More Equity in Government
Deloitte's Shrupti Shah joins the podcast to discuss how OPM is implementing the administration's DEI order.
Pay & Benefits