Management
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One particular White House memorandum issued a month ago didn't get a lot of notice. But some think it should have.
October 08, 2020 -
Mainframes are central to many critical federal services, but what happens when the people who know how to maintain them keep retiring? And what if the next cohort of coders never learned the language in school?
October 08, 2020 -
CIO Denis Goulet describes New Hampshire's response to COVID-19, planning for NASCIO's virtual annual conference next week, and hints he may serve a second term as president.
October 08, 2020 -
The Army is finding new ways to partner with the communities around its bases. Thanks to a 2015 law that lets the military services sign service agreements with local governments without the pain of traditional federal contracts, it's reached dozens of Intergovernmental Support Agreements for everything from snow removal to animal control.
October 08, 2020 -
The agency for much of this year has balanced conducting an extended tax filing season with sending more than 160 million payments worth $270 billion in pandemic stimulus funding across the country.
October 08, 2020 -
The ruling by the three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a split decision for the Trump administration and a coalition of civil rights groups and local governments that had challenged the administration’s 2020 census schedule.
October 07, 2020 -
Nearly 700 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency said they have no confidence in leadership's ability to keep them safe during the pandemic. They're asking to continue telework until an effective vaccine is available.
October 07, 2020 -
Work at the CIA has always carried political and moral ambiguities. The groundwork can be gritty and difficult. A new book tells the stories of four early Cold War-era American spies.
October 07, 2020 -
The State Department has been working to establish a new cybersecurity bureau to work with other agencies. Only it hasn't exactly told them what it's up to and that could lead to all sorts of problems.
October 07, 2020 -
In a moment of reinvention in the federal workforce, the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door to improving how agencies recruit and retain employees with disabilities.
October 07, 2020 -
Did you miss this year's all-virtual, star-studded Sammies? Check out our short recap video.
October 07, 2020 -
She may not be known to the general public, but this IRS executive helps tax preparers and the tax community generally navigate the system and also maintain professional standards.
October 06, 2020 -
The controversial White House directive banning what the Trump administration thinks is divisive diversity training - it applies to federal contractors, too.
October 06, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, former Vice President Joe Biden outlines what he’d do as president for the Postal Service.
October 06, 2020 -
Federal D&I training needs a more methodical examination for fairness and effectiveness.
October 06, 2020