Workforce
As IRS Prepares for Onslaught of Hiring, Taxpayer Advocate Warns It Is Ill-Prepared
Challenges IRS has faced in the 2021 tax season could get worse without staffing surge and corresponding improvements to hiring processes, watchdog says.
Management
Biden Signs Three Resolutions Undoing ‘Midnight’ Trump Regulations
The regulations are from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Treasury Department and Environmental Protection Agency.
Pay & Benefits
Most Funds in TSP Post Continued Growth in June
Only one portfolio in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program finished last month in the red.
Defense
House Panel Proposes $1M to Start Renaming Bases That Honor Confederates
The renaming commission plans to finalize the list in fall 2022.
Management
Donald Trump Visits Texas to Tour “Unfinished Border Wall” on U.S.-Mexico Border with Gov. Greg Abbott
The former president is toured border Wednesday with Abbott, who has promised to build a state-funded border wall.
Management
Climate Resilience Starts at Home
HUD programs to lower emissions from U.S. residential infrastructure will be critical to meeting the Biden administration’s goals.
Workforce
Report: Positive Trends in Aging, but not for Everyone
A new report indicates many older Americans are better able to handle daily care, particularly women. But, there are disparities.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: How Effective Are Feds During 'Maximum Telework?'
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss Rep. Jody Hice's request for information on the pandemic's effect on mission delivery.
Defense
US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world
In 2020, Congress ordered a report on UFOs. The nine-page report doesn't say what the 144 sightings from 2004 to 2021 are, but does say that the government wants to learn more.
Employee Policy
WH stresses stakeholder engagement in Evidence Act guidance
The White House has released new guidance for federal agencies requiring department leaders to implement critical evidence-building provisions of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy Act, nearly three years after its passage.
Retirement
Fed Retirement Fairness Act: "Long overdue"
Now pending in Congress, there’s a bill that would allow feds whose careers started in temporary or seasonal positions to retroactively contribute to their retirement for those intermittent or non-fulltime periods of employment: The Federal Fairness Retirement Act (H.R. 5389).
Workforce
Indian Health Service Seeks to Reverse Longstanding Shortfalls With Staffing Surge
Agency will use COVID-19 relief funds for "game-changer" hiring push.
Oversight
IG Vacancies Persist Under Biden Administration, Despite One Recent Confirmation
The president has four other nominees waiting, as observers continue to stress the need to have permanent leaders to oversee the distribution of billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief.
Pay & Benefits
Some Dems Continue to Push for Bigger Pay Raise for Feds, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Route Fifty
Supreme Court Leaves National Eviction Ban in Place
The 5-4 decision allows the moratorium to stay in effect through July 31.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: FEMA Amends Funeral Assistance Policy; Third Round of Stimulus Check Data Released
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff Visiting Texas to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations
Their Texas swing is part of a larger effort by senior administration officials who are fanning out across the country this week to encourage vaccinations ahead of the administration’s self-imposed goal of hitting a 70% countrywide vaccination rate by July 4.
Nextgov
OMB Offers New Guidance For Implementing First Part of Evidence Act
The office repeatedly urged agencies to focus on results, not compliance, as they craft their plans.
Management
Gen Z Could Lead a Renaissance in Public Service—If Only They Could Get In
A service-minded 21-year-old says her peers want to work in government, but the barriers to entry are too high. She has some suggestions for how to fix that.
Management