Agency Oversight
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The Environmental Protection Agency is the latest agency planning on bringing its workforce back to the office on a phased basis starting in May.
March 21, 2022 -
The IRS expects new hiring authority will allow it to bring new employees onboard within 40 to 45 days, rather than several months, to deal with a major backlog of tax returns and correspondence.
March 18, 2022 -
All the General Services Administration was trying to do was get new office space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Rhode Island. But, in a word, if bungled the procurement. The inspector general said so. So did the courts.
March 17, 2022 -
The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government's highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection Board has a quorum of two members. The Senate confirmed them a couple of weeks ago, ending five years without a quorum.
March 17, 2022 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Eric Soskin, inspector general for the Transportation Department.
March 17, 2022 -
The new guidance emphasizes a "presumption of openness," but agencies continue to struggle to process FOIA requests and make a dent in the backlog.
March 16, 2022 -
Any federal employee who's come near classified or secret information know what happens if they try to publish something or give a speech. The federal government has at least 17 pre-publication review boards with the authority to say no.
March 15, 2022 -
It's bad enough when employees don't show up for work. For the Postal Service, it's a perpetual problem. Managers can plan and budget for vacations, even contingencies like sick days. But what about absent without leave, or AWOL? This turns out to be a prickly management challenge.
March 14, 2022 -
Imagine a federal office with holes in the roof, birds flying in, mold everywhere and a staff untrained for its crucial public safety mission. Hard to believe?
March 14, 2022 -
Federal employees and contractors will soon be able to obtain or update their Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards at post offices outside the D.C. metro area.
March 11, 2022 -
In a story published March 10, 2022, about the 2020 census, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 70% of Native Americans live on reservations
March 11, 2022 -
A task force established by the Biden administration has issued dozens of recommendations for unionizing federal agencies and contractors. Will it have any effect?
March 09, 2022 -
A long-awaited reform bill that would save the Postal Service more than $100 billion is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk.
March 08, 2022 -
The largest federal union has filed a class action lawsuit for employees who think they were exposed to COVID-19 at work. There's even a web site where people can sign on.
March 07, 2022 -
Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector.
March 04, 2022