Reorganization News

• Automatic promotions, other workforce challenges earn special attention in Lankford’s annual ‘waste book’

  Automatic General Schedule step increases, the lengthy federal hiring process and the retirement supplement for certain employees are among the issues Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) has highlighted in his annual waste book.

  Congress
  March 05, 2019
• Trump nominates third candidate in 2 years to be OPM director

  President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Dale Cabaniss to be the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management. The agency has been without permanent leadership for five months.

  OPM
  March 04, 2019
• Trump signs 2019 spending bill, federal pay raise into law

  President Donald Trump signed the 2019 spending bill into law, securing a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees that will be retroactive to Jan. 1.

  Pay & Benefits
  February 14, 2019
• Navy creating new Senate-confirmed position to oversee IT, cyber issues

  The Navy plans to eliminate its office of Assistant Secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment in favor of a new Senate-confirmed position: Assistant Secretary for Information Management.

  Navy
  February 14, 2019
• 8 possible parent agencies could house Federal Protective Service

  Federal Protective Service was formerly housed in the General Services Administration, and has been part of the Department of Homeland Security for 15 years. Yet it doesn’t seem to quite fit anywhere.

  Federal Drive
  January 29, 2019
• Shutdown slows momentum of deregulation efforts

  One of the administration’s signature initiatives — deregulation, or reregulation — is an effort that involves both the White House and many that remain without appropriations.

  Federal Drive
  January 17, 2019
• Top 10 Reporter’s Notebook stories of 2018

  GSA’s contractor database incident and USDA’s reorganization plans were among the most popular stories last year.

  Reporter's Notebook
  January 14, 2019
• Former NIFA director unsure about USDA proposal to move it

  Agriculture Sonny Perdue has famously proposed moving the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) out of Washington. A former NIFA director is skeptical of the merits.

  Federal Drive
  January 07, 2019
• Can the administration end its battles with employee unions and find civil service compromises in 2019?

  For the Trump administration, 2018 was a productive year filled small, but productive steps toward its goal of modernizing the federal workforce. But it was a very different kind of year for federal employee unions.

  Workforce
  January 01, 2019