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Agencies have new guidance for implementing the president's new mask mandate from the Office of Management and Budget. According to the new guidance, "every effort will be made to maximize the use of remote work."
January 25, 2021 -
The Supreme Court has brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency
January 25, 2021 -
The riots and the inauguration behind it, Congress has barely settled into the next session. With only a few bills actually introduced, the Senate is mainly concerned with the Biden administration confirmations for the moment.
January 25, 2021 -
The order also creates "central review of agency waivers" of Buy American, with the General Services Administration posting them on a website.
January 25, 2021 -
The memos underscore the Trump administration’s skepticism with agency performance data requirements, but now it's to the Biden administration to decide how agencies gather and use this information.
January 25, 2021 -
Already there are quite a few noticeable differences between the Biden and Trump administrations. Biden's mask mandate for federal employees and contractors - and the creation of a centralized pandemic task force for the workforce - is just one example.
January 25, 2021 -
The new secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, is giving his senior leaders two weeks to send in reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military.
January 23, 2021 -
The newly minted commander-in-chief offered up hope to civil servants as the administration kicks off a new era of federal agency leadership.
January 22, 2021 -
To get anything done, President Biden's appointees will need to understand something arcane, mainly the federal budget process.
January 22, 2021 -
After finishing a year dealing with a horrible pandemic, the new year opened with total breakdown at no less than the U.S. Capitol. But it's not hopeless.
January 22, 2021 -
The Transportation Security Administration is crowdsourcing ideas for how to better use its data. The Power of Passengers Challenge seeks better ways to get people securely through airports and improve situational awareness.
January 22, 2021 -
President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to repeal at least four Trump-era executive orders that limited collective bargaining and stripped certain job protections from career federal employees.
January 22, 2021 -
Biden has a chance to appoint people who will address systemic personnel issues in the military.
January 21, 2021 -
Stuart McGuigan, who was the chief information officer at the State Department for the last two years before leaving on Jan. 20, said a recent application summit drew more than 800 attendees from across the department who want to develop new software capabilities.
January 21, 2021 -
For one view of what the heck goes on those first few days and weeks, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, Max Stier.
January 21, 2021