Tech
GovExec Daily: Vaccine Progress, Oversight and Operation Warp Speed
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the government involvement in the search for coronavirus treatment and vaccinations.
Employee Policy
Senior execs detail OPM modernization tactics
As part of a plan to revitalize federal employment, the Senior Executives Association is looking to take the government's top human resources official out of the political fray with a 5- to 8-year appointment.
Route Fifty
In California, State Lawmakers Propose $100 Billion Stimulus Plan
The proposal calls for offsetting reduced federal unemployment benefits and a program to incentivize early tax payments.
Route Fifty
Food Stamp Use Could Skyrocket With Loss of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
Even with the expanded benefits for out-of-work people, millions of families had to sign up for food stamps during the early months of the pandemic. Now even more people are expected to need the assistance.
Management
Lawmakers Look to Ease Promotion Process for Foreign Service Employees
Measure would particularly help disabled diplomats.
Management
Senate GOP’s Coronavirus Relief Package Would Fund Controversial Plan to Rebuild FBI Headquarters in D.C.
The Trump administration in 2017 scrapped a decade-long plan to reconstruct the facility in the Washington suburbs.
Route Fifty
A Government-University Partnership to Train Students as Contact Tracers
Students at Dominican University in San Rafael, California, can learn to be contact tracers and get on-the-job training in pandemic response with the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services.
Nextgov
4 Million Americans Waited Over an Hour in Line at Social Security Field Offices in 2019
Two separate Social Security Administration inspector general audits provide a detailed picture of customer experience over the past decade at the agency.
Management
Three Capabilities Agencies Must Master to Succeed in Future Crises
As new technology, demographic shifts, natural disasters and pandemics lead to an increasingly uncertain future, government institutions must adapt.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Senator Asks FEMA to Allow Schools to Use Disaster Funds for Reopening; Agencies Prepare for Large Scale Vaccine Production
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Nextgov
Critical Update: Reinventing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Technology is important but keeping and developing talent will be crucial, NGA Director Vice Adm. Robert Sharp says.
Management
The End of Open-Plan Everything
Personal space is finally back in style, but re-creating it after two decades of its destruction is hardly a straightforward task.
Employee Policy
Esper calls out DOD’s culture of insufficient operations security
In a move to tighten operations security (OPSEC) and better protect national security and the safety of warfighters, the Defense Department is reminding employees not to disclose non-public information.
Benefits
Report: Rising fed COVID toll now tops 4,000 disabled, 60 dead
To date, more than 4,000 federal employees or their families have claimed disability compensation for COVID-19 contracted at work -- with around 60 more claiming death benefits, according to a new report.
Tech
GovExec Daily: The Present and Future of DevSecOps
Nextgov's Mariam Baksh joins the podcast to discuss how the Pentagon is moving forward with cybersecurity.
Route Fifty
Senate Republicans’ Relief Bill Scales Back Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
The proposal also does not include funding for state and local governments, but would allow them to use previous funding to offset falling revenues.
Management
Senate Republicans Propose Bailout Funds for Homeland Security Department, But Not Postal Service
Money would help DHS agencies avoid furloughs.
Nextgov
Bill Calls for National Database to Track Evictions
The Housing and Urban Development Department would be required to set up and secure a new, central resource.
Defense
National Guard Commander To Testify ‘Excessive Force’ Used on White House Protesters
Officer on the scene saw spent tear gas canisters, contradicting key details of Attorney General Barr’s account of the controversial night.
Oversight