Defense
New Marine One Expected to Start Flying President Biden Soon
The White House and the Marine Corps are developing commissioning plans.
Management
Biden Nominates Ex-Merit Systems Protection Board Chair for Labor Authority
The White House also announced plans to nominate a new slate of Democratic appointees to the board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: After the Mandate, How Will Agencies Implement Testing For Employees?
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss how Biden's announcement will be executed.
Employee Policy
HHS looks to reset labor relations
Some federal agencies are leveraging a Biden administration executive order to change the tone of labor-management relations, but unions say a few departments aren't taking the order to heart.
Management
Biden to Nominate former HUD Official to Lead Federal Procurement Office
If confirmed, Biniam Gebre would play a leading role in administering the administration’s ambitious management plans.
Oversight
Senator Seeks Information on ‘Rogue’ Commerce Department Unit
The Investigative and Threat Management Service is alleged to have targeted department employees and wrongly engaged in counterintelligence operations.
Route Fifty
Confusion Over How Latest Eviction Ban Will be Enforced
About 80% of counties are covered by the moratorium, but a change in local coronavirus transmission rates will affect eligibility.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury Suspends Investments Into TSP's G Fund, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
DHS Begins Deploying Body Cameras for Some Border-Based Law Enforcement Personnel
CBP will issue cameras to only a fraction of CBP personnel, who will maintain discretion in activating them.
Nextgov
National Labs Move to Support Researchers Seeking Name Changes on Past Work
As part of broader inclusivity campaigns, the labs aim to relieve some burdens faced by transgender authors or others whose names have changed over their professions.
Workforce
New OPM Director Committed to 'Rebuilding' the HR Agency, Federal Workforce
Ahuja says she wants the agency to reassert itself in helping departments governmentwide become model 21st century employers.
Oversight
Watchdog Takes Up Review on Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Approval
The FDA commissioner requested the investigation.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Unvaccinated Feds Who Refuse Testing Will Face Discipline; Questions on CDC’s Data for New Mask Guidance
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
Pentagon Police Officer Dead, Several Other People Injured, After Attack at Metro Entrance
Shooting raises new questions about whether the public transit point just outside the military’s headquarters can ever be fully secured.
Workforce
The Push for Paid Family Leave Had Stalled in America. Then Men Bought In.
A wave of dads pushing for paid family leave policies has taken the issue from a non-starter to one that could potentially become national policy.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: A Minibus Pay Raise Update
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the latest pay and benefits news.
Employee Policy
OPM head: "More questions than answers" on federal workforce vaccine policy
Kiran Ahuja, the recently installed director of the Office of Personnel Management, has a host of long-standing agency issues to deal with, along with helping implement governmentwide workforce policy to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Employee Policy
FEP extends $75 & $50 vaccine credits
The Federal Employee Program (FEP), which is the umbrella for the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plans (FEHBP), is reminding feds they can still get dollar credit for themselves and each participant family member who gets vaccinated, and that the deadline for a qualifying first shot is extended out to Sept. 6.
Route Fifty
Infrastructure Bill Includes $1B for State and Local Cybersecurity
In addition to the grant program, other provisions in the bipartisan proposal would enhance cybersecurity for local utilities and water systems.
Workforce