Management
The Deputy Secretary: Linchpin to Making Government Work
Sixteen former deputy secretaries share insights about a critical—but often ambiguous—job.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP Funds Stumble to Start 2021
All but two of the portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program lost ground for January.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: OSHA Issues Updated COVID Guidance; Vaccine Data System is ‘Plagued by Problems’
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Nextgov
Defense Agencies Can Access Amazon Web Services Cloud Through MilCloud 2.0
The milCloud 2.0 contract offers an expanded suite of cloud offerings and services to defense agencies.
Route Fifty
Survey: Covid Driving State, Local Workers to Consider Switching Jobs
The newly released findings also show that the proportion of state and local government employees who thought their pay wasn't on par with on-the-job risks was up as well late last year.
Tech
The Simple Task That Mars Made Impossible
NASA spent nearly two years trying to wrangle a probe designed to burrow into the planet’s soil.
Management
How Age Diversity in a Presidential Cabinet Could Affect Policies and Programs
Millennials and boomers advising Biden can look for common ground on climate change, student loan debt and other key issues.
Workforce
Clicks on a Job Site Reveal Hiring Discrimination
A broad look at recruiters' actions on a job website reveals who experiences hiring discrimination and when, report researchers.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Post-COVID World in Corrections Systems
University of Texas' Michele Deitch joins the podcast to discuss how prisons and jails have dealt with the pandemic.
Management
Trump Wasn't the First President to Try to Politicize the Civil Service – Which Remains at Risk of Returning to Jackson’s ‘Spoils System’
For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
Management
The Government Donald Trump Left Behind
Trump ultimately fell short on many of his signature promises, but his administration’s successes in cutting taxes, rolling back regulations and reshaping the judiciary will cast a long shadow.
Oversight
As Vaccine Rollout Expands, Black Americans Still Left Behind
COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more Americans, but Black residents are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates in the 23 states where data is publicly available. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to release national data next week.
Workforce
At Pandemic's Outset, Trump Admin Risked Exposing Dozens of Feds to COVID-19 to Avoid 'Bad Optics'
Employees put at risk were among the first deployed in the coronavirus response.
Pay & Benefits
New Bill Would Protect Early Retirement Benefits for Injured Federal First Responders
Currently, federal first responders who transfer to another job at a federal agency due to an injury may no longer retire at 57, despite paying more into the retirement system.
Management
Law Enforcement Alert to Potential Violence at Federal Facilities
The Homeland Security Department issued a bulletin on January 27 warning that elected officials and federal facilities could be targets for domestic extremists.
Route Fifty
Biden’s Pause on Oil Leases Could Squeeze State Budgets
But experts caution that it’s hard to know at this point what the financial toll could ultimately look like.
Tech
Can the U.S. Keep COVID-19 Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes
The U.S. has fumbled almost every step of its public health response in its battle against COVID-19. Experts say that must change if we’re going to outflank the variants emerging as the virus continues to mutate
Workforce
GovExec Daily: How Feds See Diversity and Inclusion at Work
Government Business Council's Josh Okada joins the podcast to discuss the recent survey of public servants.
Route Fifty
For Mayors, Biden Administration Marks End to a Turbulent Era
Mayors are embarking on a new, more upbeat, relationship with the White House after four often contentious years.
Management