Management

CR signed but new contracting initiatives still won’t start until spring

The latest continuing resolution will keep the government funded somehow until Feb. 18. But it means any fresh initiatives won’t have a chance to get underway…

Contracting

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Shalanda Young testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OMB tells agencies to cooperate with IGs overseeing COVID-19 spending

Agency Oversight

How have NASA administrators left things for their replacements?

The Space Hour

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What’s next for Congress now that they’ve kicked the budget stone down the road again

Congress

IG: Pentagon may not really know how big a problem extremism is in the military

Federal Newscast

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Your federal pay raise prospects, under (yet another) CR

Federal Report

House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee regarding the on Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

OPM bill advances after testy debate, perhaps a foreboding sign for future reform efforts

Workforce

The Council of Inspectors General honors one of its own

People

Meet the new second in command of procurement at the IRS

New IRS Deputy Chief Procurement Officer Guy Torres has long federal and private sector experience.

People

GOP risks government shutdown to fight Biden vaccine mandate

The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown

Government Shutdown

Facing pressure for more talent, agencies get new resources from OPM to surge federal hiring

Hiring/Retention

The Office of Personnel Management released a new playbook, as well as a guide on federal hiring authorities, to help agencies surge recruitment efforts to implement the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.