Management
Especially Now, Find a Way to Recognize Employee Milestones
This Public Service Recognition Week, it’s more important than ever to honor landmark events.
Nextgov
US, UK Cyber Authorities Warn State-Backed Hackers Are After COVID-19 Treatment Data
Attackers use password spraying tools to target pharmaceutical and research organizations.
Defense
State Dept. Reroutes Peacekeeping Gear To Coronavirus Fight In Africa
The move shows how the virus has refocused U.S. security policy.
Workforce
Work From Home Is Here to Stay
What might emerge is a future in which results-oriented introverts prevail while those who thrive on face-to-face interactions and office politics fumble.
Defense
Esper Says Pentagon Is Bracing for a 'New Normal' That Lasts 'An Extended Period of Time'
"What do we do over the next 6, 12, 18 months?" the defense secretary asked at a Monday virtual event.
Nextgov
Critical Update: How State Department IT Was Set Up to Deal with COVID-19
State Department CIO Stuart McGuigan joins Critical Update to talk about his vision for the agency and how the department’s decentralized nature made for an easy transition to mass telework.
Management
To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter.
This crisis is the ideal time to make radical changes to how we work in America.
Workforce
Protect the Workers Who Protect Us
The pandemic has laid bare the inherent risk federal employees face when duty to serve the public conflicts with the right to health and safety.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The State of the Postal Service
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss the future and funding of USPS in the time of the pandemic.
Route Fifty
Amid Pandemic, A Call to Rebalance State and Local Power
As flare ups between states and localities over the coronavirus response get attention, one scholar says it may be a good time to reexamine the relationship between the two levels of government.
Workforce
As TSA's Screeners Work Significantly Reduced Schedules, Agency's N95 Stockpile Goes Unused
Agency is planning for reduced demand on its workforce for 18 months into the future.
Nextgov
Defense Contractor Certification Body Says Maintenance of Companies’ Cybersecurity Posture is Within its Role
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Board plans to provide more than certification and training.
Management
What Feds Can Do if Called Back to an Unsafe Workplace
As some in the Trump administration push toward “reopening the government,” a federal employment lawyer said worried workers might find solace in existing leave policies and the whistleblower protection statute.
Route Fifty
State Parks See Overcrowding as Temperatures Climb
State parks across the country have limited capacity to encourage social distancing, leading to closures over the weekend as temperatures warmed and people flocked outdoors.
Route Fifty
In Some States that Are Reopening, Workers Face an Ultimatum: Go Back to Work or Lose Unemployment
Leaders in at least a handful of states have made clear there will be limits on who can claim unemployment and general worker concerns about safety likely won't pass muster.
Oversight
Trump Intends to Nominate an Assistant U.S. Attorney to be HHS Inspector General
The acting HHS watchdog recently came under fire for a report on medical equipment shortages during the pandemic.
Nextgov
GSA to Partner with NIH in Centers of Excellence Initiative
One of the National Institutes of Health agencies will formulate and adopt a modernization strategy under the partnership.
Tech
The Thorniest Subject at NASA Right Now
The space agency is carefully following pandemic measures. Elon Musk thinks they’re overblown. But both are going to the moon together.
Management
Honoring Public Servants in the Midst of a Pandemic
Government workers have long put their lives on the line to protect us but today, they’re doing so on a massive scale and under the most challenging circumstances.
Workforce