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State, Union Say Complying With House Subpoena Would Create Chilling Effect on Career Staff

The department said turning over a protected communication on the Afghanistan withdrawal would undermine its "unique way" for employees to "speak truth to power."

  • Eric Katz

Coronavirus Roundup: A Spotlight on Improper Payments in COVID Relief Programs

There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

Defense Secretary to Senator: Lift Your Holds on Our Nominees and Promotions

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., placed the holds in objection to the Pentagon’s policies on reproductive health care for service members.

  • Courtney Bublé

McCarthy Wants Biden 'On the Clock' to Negotiate Over the Debt Ceiling

The House speaker says he wants to avoid brinksmanship, but is refusing the White House's request for a clean debt limit increase and calling for dramatic spending cuts.

  • Eric Katz

Presidential Hopefuls Are Considering These 5 Practical Factors before Launching Their 2024 Campaigns

Senators, governors, representatives and past presidents have to weigh multiple factors before declaring their 2024 run for president. Campaign financing is one of them.

  • Robbin Mellen Jr.

USPS Is Losing a Lot More Money in 2023 Than It Expected

The Postal Service has gotten rising costs under control, but mail volume losses are accelerating.

  • Eric Katz

Consumer Product Safety Commission Failed to Complete Mandated Future of Work Plan, Report Says

The agency tasked with preventing unreasonable risks of injury and death from consumer products has not yet completed a required plan that considers post-pandemic office reentry and property management strategies, according to an inspector general's report. 

  • Chris Riotta

Coronavirus Roundup: Researchers Allege COVID Vaccination Data Woes

There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

The Federal Employee COVID Vaccine Mandate Remains Blocked, After Appeals Court Ruling

Court says the president overstepped in mandating "private, irreversible medical decisions."

  • Eric Katz

Managers Repay Loyal Workers With Unpaid Labor

"Companies want loyal workers... But it seems like managers are apt to target them for exploitative practices."

  • Futurity

3 Customer Experience Tips for Feds from Feds

Two professional customer experience experts offered advice for other practitioners across the federal ranks this month.

  • Frank Konkel

Biden Administration Opens a $250M Fund for Agencies to Make Their Buildings More Efficient

Agencies will be able to tap into infrastructure law funds as they try to meet Biden's ambitious government sustainability plan.

  • Eric Katz

How Many Feds Are Back in DC Offices? A Watchdog Is Finding Numbers.

The Government Accountability Office is studying occupancy rates in federal agencies’ headquarters.

  • Courtney Bublé
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‘Woke-ism’ Not an Issue, Top Military Leaders Say

Inclusion is actually a critical part of unit cohesion, Air Force chief and Marine commandant said.

  • Audrey Decker

Empathy Can Be Part of a Leader's Toolkit

Nicole Price joins the podcast to discuss using empathy to shape an organization.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Coronavirus Roundup: GSA’s Budget Request Looks to the Future of Work After the Pandemic

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

Veteran Deaths Lead Lawmakers to Call for VA to Renegotiate Oracle EHR Contract

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester said that VA should “negotiate an entirely new contract” with Oracle Cerner following the revelation that the EHR system has resulted in the deaths of four veterans.

  • Edward Graham

FAA is Facing a Looming Staffing Crisis as Post-Pandemic Needs Grow

Lawmakers suggest expanding the workforce pool to fill shortages, noting the aviation industry is overwhelmingly staffed by white men.

  • Eric Katz

Biden's Budget Chief Defends Proposed Spending Increases and 5.2% Pay Raise

The president is willing to negotiate over final spending levels, OMB director tells lawmakers, but will not accept cuts to government programs.

  • Eric Katz

Biden’s Nominee to Be Archivist Goes to the Full Senate

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced the nominee on Wednesday after a Republican senator called for the vote to be postponed.

  • Courtney Bublé

There’s No ‘Easy Button’ for Cutting Government

As tempting as they are, across-the-board budget cuts and hiring freezes are the worst way to reduce the size and cost of the federal bureaucracy.

  • Ronald Sanders