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Articles by Jory Heckman

• EPA bargaining proposal makes it easier to fire staff, rolls back telework, official time

  The Environmental Protection Agency has introduced a collective bargaining proposal that would reduce telework to one day a week, reduce time spent on official time, and remove union offices from EPA office space.

  Workforce Rights/Governance
  13 hours ago
• Amid small-business contracting boom, SBA looks to end self-certification for set-aside programs

  With one in four dollars spent in federal contracts now going to small businesses, SBA is looking to give more teeth to the verification process for companies that claim to meet the criteria.

  Contracting
  June 25, 2019
• HHS, Navy, seek to stay one step ahead of tech trends through agile acquisition

  A wide spectrum of agencies has stressed the need to speed up procurement and solicit ideas on how to make the process more innovative to ensure they’re not signing up to buy yesterday’s technology tomorrow.

  Acquisition
  June 24, 2019
• DHS St. Elizabeths campus gains ‘center of gravity’ with new headquarters

  Leadership from DHS and GSA held an opening ceremony Friday for the Center Building, located on the St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast D.C.

  Facilities/Construction
  June 21, 2019
• USDA reverses plan to close Job Corps centers ‘for the time being’

  The Job Corps restructuring would have closed nine of USDA’s 25 centers and transferred the remaining 16 to Labor.

  Workforce
  June 20, 2019
• USPS stakeholders consider postal reform amid congressional inaction

  With USPS on course to run out of cash by 2024, stakeholders say the status quo won’t be enough. But despite the urgency, Congress appears no closer to a compromise on postal reform.

  Agency Oversight
  June 19, 2019
• BRAC for civilian agencies? Panel weighs options to trim federal real estate

  Current and former federal real property experts have suggested a civilian version of the Defense Department’s controversial base realignment and closure (BRAC) process.

  Facilities/Construction
  June 18, 2019
• Agencies crowd-sourcing data under strategy to bring ‘science to the masses’

  Science-focused agencies have turned to citizen scientists to fill gaps in their data, or have urged members of the industry to develop innovative ideas to problems through government-funded prize challenges. 

  Big Data
  June 14, 2019
• Reskilling, telework moving federal employees ‘toward the future of work’

  The Office of Personnel Management and agency partners say the rapid pace of emerging technology can make the goal of building the workforce of the future seem like a moving target.

  Workforce
  June 13, 2019
• Former leaders skeptical of EPA’s ‘new direction’ for science advisory board

  Several former Environmental Protection Agency administrators said flat budgets and pushback on agency scientists from political leadership have frustrated a shrinking workforce.

  Agency Oversight
  June 12, 2019
• IRS critical pay authority renewal clears hurdles in the House

  The House Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal 2020 spending bill provision that would restore the IRS’s streamlined critical pay authority until September 2023.

  Hiring/Retention
  June 11, 2019
• DHS acting inspector general resigns earlier than expected after office pulled ‘feel good’ reports

  Acting DHS Inspector General John V. Kelly stepped down from his post Monday, earlier than he previously expected, following the watchdog office’s rare reversal of more than a dozen reports posted on its website.

  People
  June 11, 2019
• NARA considers blockchain to verify records amid rise in deepfake videos

  The National Archives and Records Administration considers a growing role in blockchain authenticating digital copies of its images and videos.

  Blockchain
  June 10, 2019
• Postal regulator urges ‘greater mission clarity’ for USPS in upcoming business plan

  Postal watchdogs have urged the USPS to take a closer look at its universal service obligation, a minimum level of service it provides to every address in the country.

  Agency Oversight
  June 07, 2019

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