Biden administration

Agencies get new workforce priorities to focus on for next few years

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management released a new federal workforce plan.

Federal Newscast

Bob Tobias, Professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University

President’s management agenda benefits from being specific

Workforce

USAID’s first DEI director starting with demographic data for recruits, promotions

People

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

They have their plans, can federal agencies follow through on equity?

Federal Report

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

DeJoy: USPS in recovery but ‘uncomfortable changes’ still to come under reform plan

People

Data centers pose prime opportunity to cut federal electricity consumption

Big Data

(Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

Federal Newscast

Hard to tell how much impact EO will have on federal pay equity

Federal Report

40 lawmakers call for 5% increase in Defense budget

Federal Newscast

Michael Astrue, Social Security Administration, SSA

From a former commissioner, advice for the next team at Social Security

Management

That omnibus bill maybe should be called the omni-train, gravy train

Congress

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Exposed to COVID-19 on the job? New website lets you join class-action lawsuit for hazard pay

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employees who were exposed to COVID-19 while working can now join a class-action lawsuit.

Federal Newscast

veterans affairs spokane washington, Mann-Grandstaff

VA reopening union talks after Trump era’s contentious bargaining

Next month, nearly a year and a half into the Biden administration, Department of Veterans Affairs officials will re-open talks with their union workforce.

Veterans Affairs

How Congress plans to fill in the budget framework for 2022 appropriations

Congress

Congress bought more time to fill in a framework for 2022 appropriations that put the government into another three weeks of continuing resolution.