Oversight
Thirty-Five Trump Appointees Have Converted to Career Federal Jobs Over the Last Year
Six more Trump-era politicals who sought to "burrow in" at the 11th hour are currently pending review.
Management
New Task Force Will Conduct Sweeping Review of Scientific Integrity Policies
The governmentwide review will look at policies and political interference in science over the last two administrations.
Workforce
Groups Renew Push to Finally Make Federal Employee Appeals Board Fully Functional
More than 3,000 federal worker appeals are currently languishing before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Management
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.
Management
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.
Management
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.
Management
Democrats Seek to Undo Trump EEOC Rule Using Congressional Review Act
This is the first attempted use of the act during the Biden administration.
Management
Senate Confirms Shalanda Young to Be Deputy OMB Director
She is expected to become acting director.
Management
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.
Oversight
Migrants, Including Children, Face Cramped Conditions at South Texas Border Patrol Facility
Images released by a Democratic U.S. representative show settings similar to those that Democrats hammered former President Donald Trump over two years ago, when that administration encountered an increase of migrant apprehensions
Management
Deadline is Approaching to Repeal Trump Rules Using ‘Obscure’ Law
Lawmakers can use the Congressional Review Act to eliminate certain Trump-era regulations.
Workforce
Group Says Biden Administration Is Firing a Whistleblower Using Revoked Trump Rules
The firing would be a "violation of the president's directive," employee argues.
Management
Trump-Era COVID Guidance Wasn’t ‘Primarily’ Written by CDC Staff, Review Finds
President Biden’s CDC director requested the review as she works to rebuild the agency.
Oversight
Deb Haaland Confirmed as First Native American Cabinet Secretary
The enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo will head the Interior Department, which oversees public lands and administers programs related to 550 federally recognized tribes.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Biden's Ethics Executive Order
Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub and his Project on Government Oversight colleague Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette join the podcast to discuss the president's first-day order.
Workforce
New Attorney General Thanks Employees for Their Public Service, Vows Commitment to ‘Norms’
Merrick Garland addresses the Justice Department’s over 115,000 employees on his first day in office.
Oversight
More Than a Dozen IG Vacancies Await Nominees from Biden
The positions are critical to ensure ethical, effective operations at a time when agencies are disbursing billions of dollars in pandemic relief.
Management
Migrant Apprehensions Continued Upward Trend in February
The Rio Grande Valley and the El Paso sectors remain the busiest crossing points as more than 100,000 people were either apprehended or surrendered to authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Management
Senate Committees Advance Nominee for No. 2 Spot at OMB
The White House has yet to name a new pick for director after Neera Tanden withdrew last week.
Pay & Benefits
House Sends COVID Relief Bill with Sick Leave for Feds to Biden, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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