executive order
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring senior political appointees to sign off on new federal regulations.
January 19, 2021 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said it will push agencies at the bargaining table, as well as the new administration and Congress through legislation or new policy, to consider making telework arrangements and remote work programs permanent.
January 18, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office sees some progress in the efforts from the Department of Homeland Security to improve employee engagement.
January 18, 2021 -
President Donald Trump formalized a 1% across-the-board federal pay raise for civilian employees in 2021 via an executive order, which he signed Thursday night with hours to spare before the start of the new year.
January 01, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The executive order trying to ban certain types of diversity training is in trouble. During these last days in office, it looks like a first override is in the cards for President Trump. And postal workers might be getting vaccinated soon.
December 29, 2020 -
Proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management prioritize an employee's performance over length of service when choosing who to retain during a reduction in force (RIF). The regulations are another piece of President Trump's 2018 executive order on employee firings.
December 16, 2020 -
The president's recent Schedule F executive order allows agencies to reclassify career federal employees in certain policymaking positions into a new schedule of quasi political appointees.
December 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: OPM has issued a guide on the President's executive order on employee firings. The nation’s largest veterans organization says the VA chief needs to go. And three companies have won a spot on a $496 million Defense Department R & D contract.
December 14, 2020 -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday giving federal agencies a shared ethics framework for developing and using artificial intelligence.
December 03, 2020 -
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced new legislation Wednesday that would simply nullify the president's recent Schedule F executive order. The bill has more than 35 cosponsors.
November 18, 2020 -
The agency earlier this year outlined a strategy to Congress to address these longstanding diversity and inclusion challenges, but an executive order from President Donald Trump put these plans on hold.
November 12, 2020 -
Commentator Jeff Neal lays out 5 Trump administration executive orders for the civil service that he thinks should be high on the list to be canceled immediately by the Biden administration.
November 09, 2020 -
Don Kettl, a professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, offered his take on the most important administrative and governance topics ahead.
November 05, 2020 -
The debate over the Trump administration's order to create a new civil service Schedule F - most of it has focused on the effects on career employees. But what about the public?
November 04, 2020 -
To implement the president's recent federal hiring executive order, agencies will need a strategy, resources and, in some cases, specialized expertise to help them test out new skills-based assessments and collect and measure data to make sure they're working.
November 02, 2020