Tech
Selfies Are Now Optional for ID.me Verification
The company's government customers can now verify users without using automated facial recognition technology.
Management
COVID and U.S. Culture -- With Lessons for Government Officials
Steve Kelman suggests that agencies need to put more emphasis on nudges.
Management
The Homeland Security Department Has a Playbook for the Super Bowl
More than 500 DHS personnel are providing support for this year’s game.
Workforce
Why This Federal Agency Is a Breeding Ground for Celebrities
One huge entity has served as a launching pad for the careers of a lot of famous people.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: DHS is in Los Angeles For the Super Bowl
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how the Homeland Security Department is partnering with local law enforcement.
Pay
States sue WH, resisting $15 min. wage for fed contractors
Three states are suing the Biden administration, attempting to roll back its executive order that federal contractors get paid a minimum of $15 per hour.
Workforce
An Appeals Court Has Rejected the Biden Administration's Request to Resume the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Feds
Dozens of Republican lawmakers have joined the cause of the mandate's opponents, calling it "tyrannical."
Employee Policy
Report: OPM needs better data on telework
The Government Accountability Office finds that until recommended improvements are made in collecting data about federal telework, it will remain impossible to offer a clear picture of telework across the government.
Workforce
Nine Federal Agencies Had Almost All of Their Employees Teleworking During COVID-19
A new watchdog report looks at how 24 federal agencies balanced in-person and offsite work during the pandemic.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: There’s No New Mask Guidance Yet from the CDC
Today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
The Army’s New Decades-Long Climate Strategy Has No Budget
The strategy includes a list of tangible objectives but no corresponding cost estimates.
Oversight
Internal Investigation Confirms Border Patrol Failures Leading Up to a 16-Year-Old’s Death on the Floor of His Cell
A Border Patrol agent logged welfare checks that didn’t happen. Only one medical professional was caring for 200 sick migrants. The government hasn’t said whether anyone is being punished.
Management
GovExec Daily: How High-Stress Leaders Can Balance Work and Life
Registered psychotherapist Paul Sheesley joins the podcast to discuss how to lead while managing emotional health.
Employee Policy
WH Task Force: Agencies should do more to support unionization of fed workforce
A task force chaired by VP Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh say that, as a model employer, the federal government should do more to remove barriers for employees trying to organize or join a union.
Defense
Mike Bloomberg Named Chair of Defense Innovation Board
The former New York City mayor and billionaire replaces Mark Sirangelo.
Employee Policy
Court: WH vaccine mandate for feds remains on hold
The Biden administration's vaccine or test mandate, placed on feds since last fall, remains blocked--after a federal appeals court decided this week that no immediate action on the matter is required.
Pay & Benefits
Better Bonuses and Child Care Subsidies Are Coming to VA Employees
On Wednesday, Secretary Denis McDonough announced new steps to hire and retain workers amid unusually high turnover.
Nextgov
FBI: Ransomware Attackers Have Code to Halt Critical Infrastructure
Monitoring remote access technology will be especially important for limiting the reach of malicious actors, allied cybersecurity agencies said in a report on trends they’ve observed over the last year in a booming ransomware industry.
Pay & Benefits