Workforce
Only Your Boss Can Cure Your Burnout
People refer to various forms of malaise as “burnout,” but it’s technically a work problem. And only your employer can solve it.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Biden's Ethics Executive Order
Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub and his Project on Government Oversight colleague Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette join the podcast to discuss the president's first-day order.
Route Fifty
The Overshadowed Plight of City Budgets
New federal aid offers welcome relief for many local governments, which have seen their financial difficulties upstaged at times by better-than-expected state revenues.
Route Fifty
Cities Direct Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to Homeless Populations
There are practical reasons why it makes sense to use the one-dose vaccine for hard-to-reach groups, but experts say the practice can also fuel skepticism and concern if public officials aren’t careful.
Route Fifty
State and Federal Wildlife Officials Would Like You to Please Destroy Your Moss Balls
Invasive zebra mussels have been found in aquarium moss balls in at least 21 states. Wildlife officials say the balls must be destroyed to prevent the fast-multiplying mollusk from spreading.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Announces Special Combined Federal Campaign for Texas Storm Victims
Washington, D.C.-area federal employees exceeded expectations and previous years’ totals, raising more than $37 million for charities in 2020.
Workforce
New Attorney General Thanks Employees for Their Public Service, Vows Commitment to ‘Norms’
Merrick Garland addresses the Justice Department’s over 115,000 employees on his first day in office.
Management
One Key to Making a Leadership Offsite a Success: Logic Models
It's a way to weave evidence into the agenda of a leadership strategy session, providing a real chance for actionable takeaways or recommendations.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Relief Checks Coming as Early as This Weekend; A Bipartisan Effort to Extend Small Business Loan Program
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Nextgov
Consumer Privacy Bill Would Set National Data Privacy Standard
The legislation would require companies to write their privacy policies in plain English.
Defense
Pentagon Officials, Uniformed Leaders Slam Fox’s Carlson Over Female-Troop Comments
“What we absolutely won't do is take personnel advice from a talk show host,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday.
Oversight
6 Questions Officials Still Haven’t Answered After Weeks of Hearings on the Capitol Attack
More than 15 hours of testimony failed to answer fundamental questions about the Capitol attack. Among them: Why national security officials responded differently to BLM protesters than to Trump supporters.
Tech
GovExec Daily: Modernizing DHA Records Management
Dcode's Riya Patel joins the show to discuss how the Defense Health Agency is looking to update its systems.
Route Fifty
With Covid Aid Approved, Counties Will Look to Infrastructure
A major public works package, which proved elusive during the Trump years, is the next priority county governments will press for on Capitol Hill.
Oversight
More Than a Dozen IG Vacancies Await Nominees from Biden
The positions are critical to ensure ethical, effective operations at a time when agencies are disbursing billions of dollars in pandemic relief.
Management
Postmaster General to Propose $40 Billion Investment in USPS in Forthcoming Plan
Some of those funds would go toward development of the workforce, which has seen growing turnover.
Nextgov
DARPA Building Special Chips for Data Privacy Protection
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is considered the “holy grail” of encryption. But right now it takes too much compute power to be used widely.
Pay & Benefits
What’s Not To Like About the TSP
Leaving your money in the plan as a retiree does have some drawbacks.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: The 1-Year Anniversary of Lockdowns; Former FDA Heads Call on Biden to Announce His Nominee
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management