The Biden administration is telling employers and software vendors to avoid artificial intelligence hiring tools that may screen out employees with disabilities.
In today's Federal Newscast, the American Federation of Government Employees has filed an unfair labor practice complaint, saying that EEOC did not finish union negotiations before announcing its re-entry plans.
On Transgender Day of Visibility, the White House announced agency actions to improve federal services and customer experience for LGBTQ+ Americans.
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House wants to boost inclusion for transgender people in federal services.
House Republican lawmakers are concerned that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lagging re-entry plans will delay results on discrimination charges.
In today's Federal Newscast: GSA attempts some creative inflation-slashing tricks for contractors. Internet crime was a growth industry in 2021. And the number of federal contractors is shrinking.
For employees age 40 or older, the federal workforce faces a persistent challenge addressing pay disparities among racial and gender demographics.
The federal cybersecurity workforce is less diverse than the rest of the federal government, and a unique series of challenges make it harder for agencies to show progress.
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments on the yes-or-no debate for a federal vaccine mandate.
Artificial intelligence is growing fast as a technology to help companies hire the people they need faster. But it also has the potential to introduce bias on a record scale.
Of the agency reentry plans that Federal News Network recently reviewed, it's mostly managers and supervisors who appear primed to return to the office, at least for a day or two a week, in early January.
As more employers add artificial intelligence to their technology stacks, AI has the potential for misuse, or even for introducing unlawful bias all by itself.
Attorney Elyssa Santos-Abrams hosted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's latest Federal Sector Case Update workshop for attorneys, mediators, human resource personnel, union officials and EEO professionals.
In today's Federal Newscast: This summer's Post Office rate increases are expected to decrease business and make more money, and the U.S. Fleet Forces Command has a new leader.
The executive order, which President Joe Biden signed Friday, addresses everything from unpaid federal internships and pay equity for members of underserved communities to diversity and inclusion training and gender-neutral pronouns.