Workforce
GovExec Daily: How to Increase Your Financial Literacy
George Mason University's Jason Howell joins the podcast to discuss Financial Literacy Month.
Workforce
Paid Family Leave Is Good for Moms and Baby Brains
Nearly 80% of US workers don't receive paid family leave, leaving them having to choose between earning a paycheck or bonding with their newborns.
Management
Cows, Coal and Climate Change: A Q&A with the New BLM Director
Tracy Stone-Manning discusses how the federal agency sees conservation, the climate crisis and the Indigenous history of public lands.
Defense
NATO Should Start Preparing Troops For a Nuclear Battlefield
Our own history can help prepare for the physical and psychological effects should Russia use tactical nukes in the next conflict.
Oversight
Feds Could Accept Donations of up to $10K for Legal Funds Under First-Ever Ethics Rule
Ethics office looks to create tighter oversight of who can donate to pay for federal workers' legal fees, but usual gift restrictions won't apply.
Employee Policy
WH taps federal resources to expedite Ukrainian entry to U.S.
Feds across multiple agencies are working to fulfill the administration's goal of allowing 100,000 Ukrainians to enter the country.
Management
Mask Rules for TSA Officers Have Been Relaxed
TSA was one of the federal agencies particularly impacted by the pandemic.
Oversight
USDA Had a Plan for Determining the Best Place to Relocate Two Science Agencies. It Didn’t Follow It.
GAO finds the department's approach to relocating its Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture to Kansas City in 2019 had "significant limitations."
Retirement
When to leave to maximize your lump sum annual leave payment
Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan details the best dates to retire in the coming years to get the most out of what you’re owed for unused time off.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: A New CDC Center Is Focused on Disease Forecasting
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Biden: Federal Agencies Must Consider Climate Impacts of Infrastructure Projects
The changes to the National Environmental Policy Act reverse Trump-era rollbacks, impacting projects from roads to railways to pipelines.
Exclusive
Defense
Pentagon Reorganizes Industrial Policy Office to Shore Up Defense Firms, Supply Chain
The restructure gives two new deputies to the assistant secretary for industrial policy—and "dissolves" another.
Workforce
Small Towns Drew Most New Pandemic Residents
Major cities lost people to more remote, lesser-known areas.
Tech
Opinion: Biden’s Plan to ‘End Cancer’ Borrows From an Old, Flawed Playbook
The President’s new health research enterprise is eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s ill-fated war on cancer.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Are Feds Getting Closer to Returning to Offices?
Federal employment attorney John P. Mahoney joins the podcast to discuss how public servants will come back to tradition work sites.
Employee Policy
Union wants continued maximum telework—but OPM is pushing back
AFGE says the agency has rejected—often without due consideration—at least 80 proposals the union has made to retain the expanded remote work pioneered during the COVID pandemic.
Workforce
Even As the IRS Hires Thousands, Some Taxpayers Should Expect a Long Wait for Returns
The IRS chief and the agency's top taxpayer advocate warn of shortfalls in the midst of tax season.
Pay & Benefits
When to Leave to Maximize Your Lump Sum Annual Leave Payment
The best dates to retire in the coming years to get the most out of what you’re owed for unused time off.
Pay & Benefits
It's Now Easier for Federal Firefighters to File for Workers Comp
For an array of chronic illnesses that have been linked with firefighting as a profession, federal firefighters will no longer have to prove precisely what incident caused their ailment.
Tech