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The Postal Service is laying the groundwork to track the vaccination and testing status of its workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic, or any future public health emergency.
February 16, 2022 -
Agencies across the board have an enduring need for scientific and technical talent, the type of people that can be hard to find. Yet many agencies fail to use the personnel mobility program, a system that lets scientific and technical employees from nonprofits work temporarily at a federal agency.
February 16, 2022 -
Each year the Federal Laboratory Consortium, the network of the government's technology transfer operations, honors one of its members as laboratory director of the year. This year's honoree directs the Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.
February 16, 2022 -
The Postal Service’s regulatory agency has hired its first chief data officer, and seeks public feedback on a dashboard it's building to track USPS delivery performance.
February 15, 2022 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Glenn Fine, former inspector general of the departments of Justice and Defense and a nonresident fellow in the Brookings Institution Governance Studies program.
February 15, 2022 -
Even if Congress agrees on a budget deal by March 11, that means 2022 money will arrive nearly halfway through the fiscal year.
February 15, 2022 -
They say an army travels on its stomach. It also travels on spare parts. And in that regard, the Defense Department has a problem. The inspector general has found that one spare parts supplier, a company called TransDigm, received payments that resulted in nearly $21 million in excess profits.
February 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Republicans are pressing Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on how she is abiding by the STOCK Act.
February 15, 2022 -
For employees age 40 or older, the federal workforce faces a persistent challenge addressing pay disparities among racial and gender demographics.
February 14, 2022 -
It's up to the Senate now to vote on a way to avoid a lapse in appropriations Friday, when the current continuing resolution ends. It's not exactly a route to full 2022 appropriations, but its not disaster.
February 14, 2022 -
But agencies, amid a surge in public demand to use government services digitally, as well as a rise in improper payments from COVID-19 stimulus programs, face growing pressure to make customer services easier to access, but also more secure.
February 14, 2022 -
A multi-year project at the Library of Congress aims to bring more black, indigenous and other minority groups closer to the library. It's called, "Of the People: Widening the Path."
February 10, 2022 -
The Biden administration's push for improved customer experience couldn't come at a better time. More people than ever are trying to access federal agencies. Yet satisfaction with the experience is at an all time low.
February 10, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The defense secretary looks to Michael Bloomberg for advice on innovation. Lawmakers express concern over the mental health of Americans working abroad for the federal government. And Login.gov is looking for a new director.
February 10, 2022 -
One year after President Biden directed agencies to strengthen the national security workforce, details on progress are scarce.
February 10, 2022