Federal agencies “overwhelmingly” see a lack of trust from employees in agency leadership to come to the table in good faith when resolving workplace disputes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found in its latest report.
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Although agencies have made progress in promoting equal employment opportunities, the EEOC’s latest federal workforce report shows that some inequities still exist in governmentwide workforce demographics.
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s growing increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate on lifting the nation’s borrowing authority. He says in a letter to the president dated Tuesday that the White House position “could prevent America from meeting its obligations and hold dire ramifications for the entire nation.” The White House says McCarthy and the Republicans are to blame, refusing to put forward their own budget plan before formal negotiations. The Treasury Department has resorted to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default on the nation’s $31.4 trillion borrowing authority. But those measures will run out, possibly as early as June.
Bank stocks might look like dicey propositions these days. There’s nothing to focus investors’ minds like the possibility of a run on the banks. It’s not 2008 though, and we probably won’t see the failure of hundreds of banks like we did back then. For more on the state of money and investments, big and small, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Certified Investment Planner Art Stein.
With cloud, agencies can extract data to create a “digital thread” that supports users and processes across disparate systems and improves employee experience, explains Salesforce’s Casey Coleman.
When the Trump administration moved two small agencies of the Agriculture Department to Kansas City, Missouri, it lit a storm of opposition. The agencies have more or less settled down, but the move remains an object of study. Now the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has laid out what it calls leading practices for re-locations.
More than $22 million in cash prizes are available to teams with the best ideas accelerate widespread, equitable energy efficiency and building electrification upgrades. The Energy Department’s Buildings Upgrade Prize, or Buildings UP, is asking teams to submit innovative concepts to increase building energy upgrades, with an nod toward equity or innovation.
The Biden administration is setting a high bar to improve customer experience across government, but the VA’s National Cemetery Administration is already at the top of the charts, according to one scorecard.
With all those congressional hearings, it’s noisy on Capitol Hill this week. But contractors who listen closely will hear the sounds of opportunity, as agencies discuss their spending plans for 2024. For more on how to sharpen your hunting skills, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
