Management
-
The Agriculture Department's new telework policy will fall more closely in line with the program Secretary Tom Vilsack established when he first led USDA in 2014. The department is also considering a broader array of new remote work policies and flexible duty stations, which USDA said is one of its "highest management priorities."
March 08, 2021 -
Once they're past the extra spending bill that includes pandemic relief, Congress could start to regard the regular old budget - you know, the stuff that keeps your agency going.
March 08, 2021 -
The Senate approved $650 million for agency cybersecurity upgrades, and another $350 million for the U.S. Digital Service and the Federal Citizen Services Fund to address workforce and other modernization needs.
March 08, 2021 -
The Defense Contract Management Agency is reexamining several of its past decisions to reimburse contractors. That's after the DoD inspector general found DCMA overruled the findings of incurred cost audits without adequate explanation.
March 08, 2021 -
Agencies that implemented policies from President Trump's 2018 workforce orders should work with federal unions to write new bargaining provisions, the Office of Personnel Management said Friday. OPM offered up more directions on how agencies should respond to a January executive order from the Biden administration that rescinded Trump's policies.
March 05, 2021 -
For one look at whether minority owned small businesses have benefitted so far, Federal Drive turned to Creative Investment Research economist and principal William Michael Cunningham.
March 05, 2021 -
The Library of Congress has chosen Dennis Clark, an academic librarian, to come to Washington to head up its Research and Reference Service Division.
March 05, 2021 -
One thing you can say about working for the IRS, it's been exciting. Now the agency's Professional Managers Association has a new roster of leadership to take on a second filing season weirded out by the pandemic.
March 05, 2021 -
President Joe Biden's choices to lead the Office of Management and Budget described several top priorities at their nomination hearing on Thursday, including a focus on creating a more diverse recruitment pool and inspiring more people to serve in the federal government.
March 04, 2021 -
The TFA is a giant step forward for the IRS in terms of the taxpayer experience and the way it operates.
March 04, 2021 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Michael Missal, who has been Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016.
March 04, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office has released its biennial list of high-risk federal programs. With some of what goes into establishing the list, the head of the GAO, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
March 04, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management will accept nominations for the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards through April 9. The previous administration canceled last year's rank awards, citing economic uncertainty and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
March 03, 2021 -
Homeland Security handed out 26 grants to state and local governments to combat violent extremism. But they failed to document the criteria for the awards, according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 03, 2021 -
Chief Patrol Agent at the U.S. Border Patrol Academy, Jason Owens, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what it's all about.
March 03, 2021