Workforce Rights/Governance
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The Army's senior leadership has yet to make a final decision on how to reform the service's Criminal Investigation Command, but an internal review identified a need for 300 new civilian special agents.
March 18, 2021 -
No matter how you look at it, the process for investigating people and granting them security clearance has been a hairball for decades.
March 11, 2021 -
Foreign policy shifts back and forth from administration to administration, sometimes violently. So how do the diplomats manage to convey stability of the world's oldest republic?
March 10, 2021 -
Agencies that implemented policies from President Trump's 2018 workforce orders should work with federal unions to write new bargaining provisions, the Office of Personnel Management said Friday. OPM offered up more directions on how agencies should respond to a January executive order from the Biden administration that rescinded Trump's policies.
March 05, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in one of her first moves as Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm is reviving one of the agency's largest loan programs for clean energy.
March 04, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that cleared the House Friday night includes a few key provisions for federal employees.
March 01, 2021 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is telling the military services to stand up new violence prevention workforces, identify "high risk" bases and assess their own compliance with existing policies meant to stop sexual assault.
March 01, 2021 -
Whatever plans federal agencies had to guide a return to offices, well, those seem to have evaporated months ago, Bob Tobias said.
February 26, 2021 -
Agencies can't automatically rule out federal employment opportunities for an applicant or appointee based on their past marijuana use, the Office of Personnel Management said.
February 26, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Joe Biden rescinded a 2020 memo that gave the Defense secretary the authority to exclude certain employees from collective bargaining.
February 26, 2021 -
Wherever they operate in the world, the armed services rely on contractors for all sorts of support from fuel delivery to housing.
February 25, 2021 -
Were federal employees happier than ever or left vulnerable after four years of President Donald Trump? Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee are decidedly split.
February 24, 2021 -
Administrative changes have the advantage of being entirely within the power of the executive branch, says Jeff Neal. There is no need to wait for Congress or deal with partisan politics.
February 24, 2021 -
New Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he hasn't made any decisions yet on how he'll approach collective bargaining, but he's meeting with labor leaders and getting to know employees at the department.
February 24, 2021 -
Several agencies have revised and issued new COVID-19 safety plans in recent weeks, reinforcing telework strategies and offering more specific guidance on mask wearing.
February 22, 2021