Pay & Benefits
A Bipartisan Group of Senators Is Pushing for Better Benefits for Federal Officers With PTSD
A new bill would make the officers, or their survivors, eligible for assistance worth about $400,000.
Workforce
An Appeals Court Has Rejected the Biden Administration's Request to Resume the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Feds
Dozens of Republican lawmakers have joined the cause of the mandate's opponents, calling it "tyrannical."
Pay & Benefits
Better Bonuses and Child Care Subsidies Are Coming to VA Employees
On Wednesday, Secretary Denis McDonough announced new steps to hire and retain workers amid unusually high turnover.
Management
Agencies Would Be Funded Through March 11 Under a Stopgap Bill the House Passed
Senate leader says he is "more confident than ever" Congress will soon send full-year appropriations to Biden's desk.
Management
The House Has Passed Postal Reform, Reaching a New Milestone in a Decade-Long Effort to Reshape USPS
Bipartisan support and White House backing has lawmakers and stakeholders optimistic they can finally provide financial relief to the mailing agency.
Management
Congress Is Heading Toward Yet Another Stopgap Spending Bill This Week to Avoid a Shutdown
A measure to fund agencies through March 11 will allow appropriators to get over the finish line on full-year spending, top House Democrat says.
Management
The Postal Service and the White House are Fighting Over How Many Electric Vehicles to Buy
White House, EPA issue sharp warnings to the Postal Service over its fleet plans.
Pay & Benefits
The VA’s Nurses Are One Step Closer to Getting a Big Pay Raise
Measure granting the raises passes a House committee, but loses bipartisan support after Republicans seek to block department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Workforce
It Will Cost Up to $5 Million a Week to Test Unvaccinated Feds While Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Paused
The estimate comes as part of information the Biden administration provided the court in Texas that handed down the injunction.
Workforce
The Infrastructure Law Will Require Thousands of New Feds, and the Biden Team Is Giving Special Permission to Hire Them Quickly
OPM is also pushing special hiring authority for HR staff.
Management
The House Finally Plans to Vote on Postal Reform Next Week
The long-sought-after bill could make its way to the president's desk by the end of the month.
Workforce
Some Agencies Are Keeping a Vaccine Mandate in Place and Enforcing It
Enforcement of the requirement is paused for most federal workers, but not all.
Management
Senators Are Pushing VA to Give Free, At-Home Rapid COVID-19 Test Kits to Veterans
For now, VA says patients must come into facilities to get tested.
Management
The Government's Top Watchdog Has Added Pandemic Response to Its High-Risk List
Longstanding issues have exacerbated shortcomings during the COVID-19 pandemic, GAO says.
Workforce
Vaccine Mandate Still a Possibility for the Postal Service
The Postal Service, meanwhile, has begun delivering COVID-19 rapid tests to Americans' homes. It will not do the same for masks.
Management
House Republicans Probe Allegations of Political Interference in Agencies' COVID-19 Work
The Biden administration has "cast aside" an advisory panel related to vaccines, lawmaker alleges.
Workforce
Biden Administration Confirms It Will Mostly Pause Punishment of Unvaccinated Feds
White House issues new guidance as it appeals nationwide injunction.
Workforce
Federal Court Orders Nationwide Pause on Biden's Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
The Biden administration has already filed an appeal of the injunction.
Workforce
FEMA Experiences ‘Mass Exit’ of Employees Amid Surge in Disasters
The agency is still dealing with 1,000 disasters as its workload continues to climb.
Workforce