executive order

3 requirements for agencies under Biden’s new executive order on equity

The executive order launches an annual requirement for agencies to develop equity action plans and tasks agencies with improving community outreach when…

Management

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Biden administration fends off challenge to higher minimum wage for federal contractors

Contracting

Contractors say this latest labor proposal aims to fix a non-existent problem

Contracting

A view of an iphone showing the new NHS COVID-19 mobile phone application after the app went live on Thursday morning in London, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. A new report group says digital contact tracing apps, artificial intelligence and other tech tools that European governments rolled out to combat COVID-19 failed to play a key role in solving the pandemic and now threaten to make such monitoring widely accepted. The nonprofit research group AlgorithmWatch said Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 that the health surveillance technologies many countries deployed were often adopted without enough transparency, safeguards or democratic debate. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

What government can learn from marketers

Commentary

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How to build and maintain sustainability in government contracting

Commentary

White House wants agencies to increase, improve collection of LGBTQ data

Big Data

AbilityOne

Worker with disabilities using accessibility tools

Promotions, mindsets, encouraging environments: 3 workplace improvements for people with disabilities

Workforce Rights/Governance

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

Federal Report

VA reopening union talks after Trump era’s contentious bargaining

Veterans Affairs

Lawmakers press White House for details on efforts to boost diversity across national security workforce

Hiring/Retention

White House task force recommends agencies get better at informing employees about union rights

Unions

Anything can have DEIA if agencies look hard enough

If agencies only measure diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility through hiring numbers they risk overlooking other, equally important gaps in their…

Federal Report

FILE - This photo from Aug. 15, 2016, shows offshore wind turbines near Block Island, R.I. The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Biden administration doubles down on greener energy for agencies, USPS electric vehicles

The Biden administration is in the market for greener sources of electricity for the federal government, a significant step in a decades-long plan set…

Agency Oversight

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OPM, Commerce to hold DEIA roundtable on equitable hiring

Hiring/Retention

The Office of Personnel Management and Commerce Department will host a roundtable to discuss the best ways to implement diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into hiring and recruitment.