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We attempt to meet major challenges with civil service pay and job classification processes driven by a law that is 72 years old, and a hiring process that limits the government’s ability to compete for talent.
February 16, 2021 -
Under a new agreement with LendLease, a large military housing operator, $1.1 billion in debt-financed housing improvements are expected to start as soon as May across six large Army bases.
February 12, 2021 -
Agencies considering long-term implications of a partially remote or hybrid workforce, everything from recruitment and professional development to leased space and locality pay.
February 11, 2021 -
House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairwoman Jackie Speier is focusing on issues close to service members and families.
February 09, 2021 -
Though they've both hired new people in the year since the Agriculture Department's Kansas City relocation, two of USDA's major research bureaus are operating today with nearly 30% fewer employees, data shows.
February 08, 2021 -
What the heck is a liberal leave snow day anyhow, when almost nobody is already coming to the office?
February 01, 2021 -
The Army is focusing on data accuracy as it prepares to move the rest of its uniformed workforce into its centralized HR IT system, known as IPPS-A.
February 01, 2021 -
The Air Force is reorganizing its space acquisition office to better support the Space Force and other new space entities, but there are still questions surrounding exactly how the Pentagon will consolidate its space procurement.
January 28, 2021 -
The Army is finding ways to use tools initially developed for telework to accelerate the deployment of classified networks on its bases.
January 27, 2021 -
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 -
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 -
In the latest installment in a 20 year rebuilding project, the State Department is about to embark on a new embassy in New Delhi, India. It will result in an entirely new approach in one of the most diplomatically crucial cities.
January 21, 2021 -
The inauguration showed continuity reflected in the building where it took place.
January 21, 2021 -
The IRS is sending a second wave of pandemic stimulus payments, preparing to open this year’s tax filing season and Implement its largest reorganization in decades under the Taxpayer First Act.
January 20, 2021 -
In a slew of executive actions on his first day in office, President Joe Biden reinstated previously-canceled diversity and inclusion training for federal employees and issued a mask mandate for those working inside government buildings.
January 20, 2021