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VA Rolls Back Trump-era Workforce Policies
The Veterans Affairs Department is restoring its previous contract with AFGE, which allows access to official time and union office space in department facilities.
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Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism.
When it comes to vaccine hesitancy, it's mainly academics and officials who are preoccupied with the history of the Tuskegee medical experiments.
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GovExec Daily: Reflections on 30 Years of Government Reform
John Kamensky and Daniel J. Chenok join the podcast to discuss a new white paper on reform efforts.
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VA Is at a Crossroads As It Kicks Off BRAC-Style Review of Medical Facilities
A commission could soon recommend closures of VA medical facilities, or call for more of them.
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New Blacks in Government President Reflects on Her Career During Women’s History Month
She was the first African American female to be appointed to the position of managing associate general counsel at the Government Accountability Office.
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Social Security Clears Way for Stimulus Checks After Accusations of Malfeasance
SSA Commissioner Andrew Saul argued that the agency was required to wait to provide payment files for beneficiaries because it received no appropriations to fund its work on stimulus payments in the most recent $1.8 trillion COVID-19 relief law.
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Which Federal Agencies Are Giving Their Contractors Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
Agencies are taking different approaches to inoculating their contract employees, even though—as one trade association executive put it—“The virus doesn’t care whether someone is wearing a blue government badge or green contractor badge.”
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Lessons From 30 Years of Government Reform Efforts
There’s much that newcomers to government should learn from the past.
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Dr. Rachel Levine Makes Transgender History in Confirmation as Assistant Secretary of HHS
Levine is the first ever Senate-confirmed trans official in U.S. history, but she faced anti-trans sentiments on her road to the historic confirmation.
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Biden Names Acting FLRA General Counsel, Ending Critical Trump Era Vacancy
The agency responsible for administering federal labor law has been without a top lawyer for four years, significantly hamstringing its ability to hear labor-management disputes.
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Biden Administration Issues New Guidance Instructing Agencies to Start Tracking Goals Again
White House reversed last-minute Trump policy to end the practice of developing and monitoring agency objectives.
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Democrats Seek to Undo Trump EEOC Rule Using Congressional Review Act
This is the first attempted use of the act during the Biden administration.
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Birx Joins Air-Cleaning Industry Amid Land Grab for Billions in Federal COVID Relief
Air-cleaning companies with limited oversight are targeting a growing market of schools desperate for COVID-19 protection. Donald Trump’s former adviser lands with one that built its business, in part, on ozone-emitting technology.
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Senate Confirms Shalanda Young to Be Deputy OMB Director
She is expected to become acting director.
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TSP Officials Tout Sizeable Improvement in Annual Employee Satisfaction Survey Scores
Employee engagement at the Thrift Savings Plan improved 7 points in 2020, while the agency scored stellar marks on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cutting Post Office Hours, Closing Plants and Slowing Mail Accompany Growth Efforts in USPS Break-Even Plan
Louis DeJoy sets 10-year timeline to reverse more than a decade of losses at the Postal Service.
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How New Agency Leaders Can Get Off to a Successful Start
Whether you’re a new appointee or a career executive starting a new assignment, take some advice from your predecessors.
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Biden Administration is Still Working on Plan for Border Wall Contracts
A government watchdog is reviewing if the pause in construction violated a budget law.
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Agencies Face Significant Challenges in Distributing Unprecedented Sums of COVID-19 Relief
Some agencies are already running into hurdles, while others hope recent experience will ease the process.
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