Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Pendulum Shifts Toward Workers
Wharton's Stephanie Creary joins the podcast to discuss the management-labor dynamic emerging from the pandemic period.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Journey: Health Insurance Issues
The last in a three-part series on one employee’s retirement experience.
Management
Bipartisan Group Seeks to Limit Who Federal Agencies Can Contract With
Organizations involved with certain adversarial nations creates conflicts of interest, the senators say.
Employee Policy
Fed employee morale is falling—is the slow appointments process to blame?
The VA was the only large agency to improve on its 2020 score in the latest annual Best Places to Work in the federal government report.
Employee Policy
The Energy Secretary was warned after Hatch Act violation; Republicans want more info
A department spokesperson said this was “a single unintended and unknowing infraction and this complaint is now closed.”
Retirement
House passes first responder retirement fix
This news comes as part of a weekly roundup on the latest pay and benefits developments.
Management
The Labor Dept. Moves Forward on Reducing Turnover on Service Contracts
A forthcoming proposed rule will carry out an executive order the president signed last fall.
Workforce
AFGE Will Split from Its ICE Union Over Ideological Divide
A union council representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees has been agitating to become independent, although the move presents risks for the group.
Employee Policy
Using technology to hire the best talent to the public sector
Todd Gustafson, president of HP Federal, joins our partner site GovExec's podcast to discuss the workforce issues that the federal government faces.
Management
Pharmacies Can’t Deny Prescription Birth Control or Emergency Contraception, Biden Administration Says
Refusing patients prescription medications because of their potential pregnancy status could violate federal anti-discrimination law, per new federal guidance.
Defense
Tampons and Tulips? Lawmakers Pitch 650 Amendments to Annual Defense Bill
Other proposed changes to the House defense authorization act would delay new ICBMs and hasten warship retirements.
Workforce
Solid Collaboration Tools Essential to Remote, Hybrid Work
User-friendly collaboration tools that work as expected are key to remote worker satisfaction, a new survey finds.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Decreased Autonomy for Tribes
Indigenous legal scholar M. Alexander Pearl joins the podcast to discuss last month's high court decision.
Oversight
The Energy Secretary Received a Warning Following a Hatch Act Violation; Republicans Want More Information
A department spokesperson said this was “a single unintended and unknowing infraction and this complaint is now closed.”
Pay & Benefits
House Passes First Responder Retirement Fix, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Tech
Bad Data and Old Tech Hamper CDC's Ability Track COVID Exposures on Flights
Because of its clunky, outdated data system, the CDC can't quickly identify how many people were exposed to a sick person on a plane, a recent GAO report states.
Management
The House Is Ready to Start Voting on Fiscal 2023 Spending Bills, But the Senate Is Much Further Behind
The Senate, the ultimate clearinghouse for funding measures, is just starting the process of writing bills and has not yet agreed upon top-line spending levels.
Oversight
The State Department Releases a Draft of Its $10 Billion Plan to Upgrade Diplomatic Tech
The "Evolve" solicitation is designed to revamp the technology products and services used by U.S. diplomats at home and abroad.
Employee Policy
White House updates acquisition, business of government priorities
Workforce, interoperability and governance all feature in the new goals set for the President's Management Agenda.
Employee Policy