Management

Does Homeland Security have too much discretion in hiring cybersecurity people?

DHS’ recent rulemaking for a 2014 law gives the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency a lot of discretion in hiring cybersecurity people.

Hiring/Retention

Wild fires in the western forests aren’t the only burning issues for FEMA

Agency Oversight

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Multiple-award, generic, governmentwide blanket purchase agreements: Vertical contract duplication

Commentary

A waiter checks clients' health passes at a restaurant in Ascain, southwestern France, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. People in France are now required to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass to enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Agencies get new guidance for securing mobile devices on international travel

Cybersecurity

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo, a licensed practical nurse draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Starting Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration convenes its independent advisers for the first stage in the process of deciding whether extra shots of Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines should be dispensed and, if so, who should get them and when. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

DoD civilians will be suspended without pay and then fired if they do not get vaccinated

Defense

(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. If you’re miserable at work, set a deadline for resigning, and take that time to double down on your job search, supercharge your savings and replace the benefits you’ll give up when you quit. Build financial reserves now, and you’ll be better prepared to leave this chapter behind. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

How the EEOC keeps you and your EEO officer informed of the latest cases

Management

FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

The leaves are changing near our Butte Falls Field Office! Captured on October 20, 2021, these stunning woods are just northeast of Butte Falls. (BLM photo by Kyle Sullivan)

Fall colors outside of Bureau of Land Management office in Butte Falls, Oregon

Fed Photo of the Day

FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a sign stands outside the Department of Labor's headquarters in Washington. A government watchdog has found that the Labor Department’s widely watched weekly unemployment benefits data are providing an inaccurate reading on the number of newly laid off workers because of flaws in the government’s data collection. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Labor makes the case that its CIO reporting structure works despite the IG’s doubts

Reporter's Notebook

GAO has recommendations to safeguard integrity of federal R&D grants

Agency Oversight

Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., Former Research Fellow, Vaccine Research Center and Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.,
Former Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center

Sammies finalists were early architects of COVID vaccines

For their work, Kizzmekia Corbett and Barney Graham are finalists in this year’s Service to America Medals program. Barney Graham joined Federal Drive…

People

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

The Hatch Act should apply to everyone or no one, but the current loopholes for enforcement do no good, says Jeff Neal.

Commentary

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Oct. 19, announced his intention to nominate Steven Cliff, who has served as deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since February, to become the agency's administrator. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

People

A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency

Management

Does Homeland Security have too much discretion in hiring cybersecurity people?

Wild fires in the western forests aren’t the only burning issues for FEMA

Multiple-award, generic, governmentwide blanket purchase agreements: Vertical contract duplication

Agencies get new guidance for securing mobile devices on international travel

Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

DoD civilians will be suspended without pay and then fired if they do not get vaccinated

How the EEOC keeps you and your EEO officer informed of the latest cases

Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Fall colors outside of Bureau of Land Management office in Butte Falls, Oregon

Labor makes the case that its CIO reporting structure works despite the IG’s doubts

GAO has recommendations to safeguard integrity of federal R&D grants

Sammies finalists were early architects of COVID vaccines

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

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