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In today's Federal Newscast, a Government Accountability Office report on the federal response to the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange exploits, shows agencies have a lot of work to do.
The agency will start accepting and processing 2021 tax returns on Jan. 24, more than two weeks earlier than when it started last year’s filing season.
Continuing with an annual tradition, lawmakers have once again introduced a bill that would give federal employees a pay raise in 2023.
Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Jody Hice (R-Ga.) sent a letter to five agencies, asking them what steps they’ve taken to implement the CASES Act.
The final executive order contains many of the same elements from a draft version of the executive order that Federal News Network obtained last month.
The continuing resolution for funding the government runs until February 18.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act, but not without testy debate that covered everything from the role of career federal employees to OPM's performance.
The bill, known as the Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act, attempts to improve the federal internship experience, ensure students get paid for their work and provide credit for successful interns to apply for permanent positions in the competitive service.
The team overseeing FedRAMP is urging lawmakers against supporting legislation that would restrict their flexibility in responding to emerging threats.
The bill, known as the "Strengthen the Office of Personnel Management Act," would redefine the agency's mission and responsibilities, codify the role of the director and the career chief management officer and create a new advisory council for OPM.
The Postal Service, ramping up its workforce for its peak holiday season, still faces a critical employee shortage as well as persistent challenges retaining new hires.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, said he's working on two new pieces of legislation that would improve the federal internship program and set metrics for agency telework initiatives.
Congress averted a partial government shutdown, but lawmakers didn’t meet the same deadline to extend funding for the Highway Trust Fund, which finances most of the federal government’s spending on highways and public transit.
The Office of Personnel Management agreed with nearly all of the recommendations the National Academy of Public Administration made to the agency back in March, which described an urgent need to rebuild capacity and reshape the agency.