Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Dangers of Schedule F
The Project on Government Oversight's Nick Schwellenbach joins the podcast to talk about the workforce order and its effect on the civil service.
Route Fifty
Biden Taps Pete Buttigieg, a Former Mayor and Presidential Rival, as Transportation Secretary, Reports Say
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Iowa decides against spending Covid funds on IT upgrades … Utah university votes to drop “Dixie” from name … New York governor accused of sexual harassment.
Management
Broad Coalition of Employee, Advocacy Groups Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Convince Congress to Block Schedule F
With just days remaining until the latest government shutdown deadline, more than 60 organizations are pressuring Democratic lawmakers to ensure spending legislation includes a provision preventing the Trump administration from politicizing the civil service.
Nextgov
What We Know About the SolarWinds Breach
The White House invoked Presidential Policy Directive-41 to coordinate a "whole of government" response.
Workforce
USPS Faces Busiest Time of the Year With More Than 14,000 Employees Quarantined
COVID-19 cases are spiking within the Postal Service workforce at the worst possible time.
Management
Anonymous Voice Of America Employees Protest New Director
Robert Reilly has a “troubling history of mismanagement at VOA” and is “openly hostile to Muslims and Gays,” wrote the whistleblowers’ senior counsel.
Management
Why Agencies Should Invest in Managers (and Pay Them More)
The pandemic has created an opportunity for government to change the way work gets done. Managers will be the key to success.
Route Fifty
Nation Sees Troubling Rise in Fatal Cocaine Overdoses
Many of the deaths involve cocaine mixed with the opioid fentanyl, a new analysis finds. Data shows that 2019 may have been a record year for deadly overdoses.
Management
Transition Roundup: Barr To Resign; Inauguration Committee Outlines Public Health Plans
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
National Guard Helping to Roll Out COVID Vaccine
Guardsman will divvy up some vaccine batches, backfill medical staff in nursing homes and prisons.
Nextgov
Critical Update: Did COVID-19 Push More Agencies Into the Cloud?
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting mass telework means agencies must have moved more data, workloads and services into the cloud. Right?
Management
How Your Brain Decides to Put in Effort
If you want more coffee, but the pot is empty, is it worth getting up and brewing some more? Researchers have figured out how your brain decides.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Presidential Transition as Vaccinations Begin
Courtney Bublé updates the podcast on the transfer of power during the latest stage of the COVID-19 crisis.
Management
Defense Policy Bill Includes Bipartisan Provision for Greater Transparency on Federal Spending
The bill will create a central inventory of spending information, which good government groups say is overdue.
Workforce
Court Affirms Senior Executives in Government Have Only Limited Appeal Rights
Court also issues another defeat to President Trump's signature civil service reform law.
Route Fifty
The Largest Wildlife Bridge in the U.S. Opens in San Antonio
Both people and animals will have a safe crossing over a six-lane highway in the Texas city.
Route Fifty
Survey: Covid Has Caused Over One-Quarter of K-12 Educators to Consider Leaving Jobs
The poll included responses from teachers and other school staff. Some said they considered leaves of absence, others career changes or early retirement.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Vaccine Distribution Begins; Trump and Biden Plan Messaging Campaigns
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
The Pentagon Is Ill-Organized to Improve Its Use of Electromagnetic Spectrum, GAO Says
Old ways and means are quickly becoming obsolete — but spectrum issues remain everyone’s second job.
Management