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The disappointments associated with federal workers' lower pay raises this year pale in comparison to the challenges that many in the private sector are wrestling with.
The pandemic has caused office building vacancies to rise in many markets, in some cases to double-digit percentages. As the country's largest renter, the federal government will have some big decisions to make about real estate.
President Donald Trump has signed into law a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal
Congress introduced, debated and passed a $2.3 trillion spending and COVID-19 relief package into law in less than 24 hours. Federal employee groups say lawmakers left out an important provision in the frenzy.
In the President’s Pay Agent’s annual report to Congress released Dec. 17, the three presidentially appointed leaders emphasized the same concerns about the shortcomings of the GS system that many before them have and called on lawmakers to make significant changes.
Here’s the choice: Money or quality of life. Maybe not much of a choice if getting a smaller salary in return for a less hectic environment would actually be stressful. Whatever, work-at-home feds may soon…
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education chief to serve as education secretary
While it does take a bit of work, there are many benefits of working with the federal government to make it all worth it.
The Biden team is listening closely to transition information from the Government Accountability Office. GAO has a lot of online resources not only for appointees, but also for new members of Congress.
For a few more ideas, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to American University Key Executive Leadership Program professor Bob Tobias.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Education Department's inspector general says the agency developed a decent enough reopening plan for its employees during the pandemic.
This week on Amtower Off Center, Simon Szykman, chief technology officer at Attain, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the preparation and planning that federal agencies go through during presidential transitions.
The $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package is packed with provisions that set spending and policy priorities for a variety of federal agencies in 2021.
A provision in the 2021 omnibus spending package gives federal employees a full 12 months to repay the payroll taxes that have been deferred from their paychecks this fall. The spending package also silently endorses the president's original plan to give civilian employees a 1% federal pay raise next year.