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IG: EPA isn’t checking if funding recipients are following civil rights policies

Organizations that receive funding from the EPA are required to adhere to section Six of the Civil Rights Act which bars racial discrimination. But agency…

Agency Oversight

Federal judge orders USPS to tell employees operational changes remain blocked

Agency Oversight

An unexpected danger: COVID-19 puts government clearances at risk

Commentary

GAO finds few reliable estimates for true extent of workplace sexual harassment

Agency Oversight

Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture

Federal Newscast

Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says

Workforce

GAO developing secure file transfer capability to share sensitive data during pandemic

Technology

Alan Chvotkin, Professional Services Council

Developments around the corner for defense contractors affected by COVID

Contracting

Some agencies not fulfilling open data reporting requirements

The Open Government Data Act calls on agencies to make their data publicly available, and for OMB to track it. Some of it isn’t happening says the Government…

Open Data/Transparency

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in before testifying during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service agreed Wednesday, Oct. 14, to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide, settling a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock during a pandemic that is expected to force many more people to vote by mail. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

USPS operational changes had ‘significant impact’ on mail delays, watchdog finds

Auditors found on-time delivery of first-class mail fell by more than 10% in July, directly corresponding” with the timeline of when USPS started reducing…

Agency Oversight

Certain unconscious bias training is OK for federal contractors, Labor says

Workforce

Federal contractors can continue unconscious bias programs and still meet the demands of the president’s recent executive order on diversity and inclusion training, Labor Department says, as long as programs don’t touch on “white fragility” or “white privilege.”

IG: EPA isn’t checking if funding recipients are following civil rights policies

Federal judge orders USPS to tell employees operational changes remain blocked

An unexpected danger: COVID-19 puts government clearances at risk

GAO finds few reliable estimates for true extent of workplace sexual harassment

Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture

Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says

How well did the IRS handle pandemic?

AFGE accusing VA of not promoting enough minorities to management positions

No ‘hard stop’ for 2020 census if data processing runs past statutory deadline

GAO developing secure file transfer capability to share sensitive data during pandemic

Developments around the corner for defense contractors affected by COVID

Some agencies not fulfilling open data reporting requirements

USPS operational changes had ‘significant impact’ on mail delays, watchdog finds

Certain unconscious bias training is OK for federal contractors, Labor says

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