diversity and inclusion

Coast Guard looking more closely at diversity, climate change challenges

For an update, at the SeaAirSpace conference, Federal Drive with Tom Temin caught up with the Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz.

Defense

Executive orders can be hard to implement if the language is too dense for most

Management

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Contracting

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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How agencies are tackling Biden’s new diversity and inclusion order

Workforce

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The bronze Statue of Freedom, by Thomas Crawford, is the crowning feature of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, shown ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

TSP changes, retirement help for former seasonal feds and other bills to watch

Congress

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Biden’s diversity and inclusion EO highlights struggling federal internship program

Workforce

Biden creates sweeping diversity and inclusion initiative through new executive order

Workforce

The Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Data Dive

OPM vows to improve PMF program amid ‘unacceptable decline’ in diverse candidates

Workforce

Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate confirms Ahuja as first permanent OPM director in more than a year

People

How can government agencies be more diverse and equitable?

Commentary

Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Pent up demand for VA services driving record 2022 budget request, agency says

The Department of Veterans Affairs also envisions additional funding for its electronic health record modernization program, accountability office and…

Veterans Affairs

State Department seeks largest hiring surge in a decade under Biden budget

The State Department would add 500 new Foreign and Civil Service positions to its ranks, if it gets the outlined $58.5 billion budget.

Hiring/Retention

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

With Biden’s 2022 budget, civilian agencies are due for a hiring spree

Workforce

Civilian agencies that saw their workforces decline or, in some cases, relocate, could experience hiring sprees if the Biden administration gets its way with its 2022 budget request.

diversity and inclusion

Coast Guard looking more closely at diversity, climate change challenges

Executive orders can be hard to implement if the language is too dense for most

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

How agencies are tackling Biden’s new diversity and inclusion order

TSP changes, retirement help for former seasonal feds and other bills to watch

Biden’s diversity and inclusion EO highlights struggling federal internship program

Biden creates sweeping diversity and inclusion initiative through new executive order

OPM vows to improve PMF program amid ‘unacceptable decline’ in diverse candidates

Senate confirms Ahuja as first permanent OPM director in more than a year

How can government agencies be more diverse and equitable?

Pent up demand for VA services driving record 2022 budget request, agency says

State Department seeks largest hiring surge in a decade under Biden budget

With Biden’s 2022 budget, civilian agencies are due for a hiring spree

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