Biden administration

FLRA nominees pledge expeditious action on backlog of unfair labor practice complaints

The Federal Labor Relations Authority faces a backlog of unfair labor practice complaints, which have built over the last four years without a Senate-confirmed…

Workforce Rights/Governance

The toothlessness of the Hatch Act is on display again

Commentary

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Oct. 19, announced his intention to nominate Steven Cliff, who has served as deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since February, to become the agency's administrator. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

People

Fast and Furious: The Biden administration’s cybersecurity series

Reporter's Notebook

Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul

Workforce

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, a syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska’s largest hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.(Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Contractors assess the just released details of White House COVID-19 protocols

Workforce Rights/Governance

(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Unanswered vaccine mandate questions remain for contractors after FAR Council rule

Contracting

Federal cyber agencies call zero trust ‘new normal’ of security, partnering to implement

Cybersecurity

Biden administration is chided for falling short on spending transparency

Budget

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. President Joe Biden has directed OSHA to write a rule requiring employers with at least 100 workers to force employees to get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus free.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate

Workforce

FILE - In this March 9, 2010, file photo, a tanker truck passes an oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. Three Democratic governors said Thursday, June 1, 2017, they will not let the United States back away from the global commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite President Donald Trump withdrawing from an international pact. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Agencies will need to start taking emissions into procurement decisions

Acquisition Policy

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Afghanistan situation has turned up the burner on an already boiling Congress

Members of Congress include fewer veterans than in past decades, but the ones now in office have been vocal about the situation in Afghanistan.

Congress

A former cyber diplomat says the government needs to refresh its thinking about response to foreign attacks

For some perspective, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Chris Painter, the former State Department cyber diplomat, now president of the Global Forum…