House Oversight and Accountability Committee

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‘DOOBIE’ Act looks to ease security clearance restrictions on past marijuana use

Even after recent guidance on marijuana use, some applicants still worry about getting automatically disqualified from a federal job or a security clearance.

Intelligence Community

GOP lawmakers look to see what SCOTUS decision on agency rulemaking means for current administration

Federal Newscast

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Former senior officials join rising calls for an alternative to Schedule F

Workforce

First Look

Lawmakers press agencies on ‘employment barriers’ for federal employees teleworking overseas

Congress

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Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

Hiring/Retention

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OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

Workforce

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First Look

Senate bill aims to set more federal telework reporting requirements

Congress

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Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Budget

Federal telework debate escalates as House Republicans push for details

Workforce

3 takeaways from the FITARA 17 scorecard roundtable

Reporter's Notebook

Telework ‘essential’ to remaining a competitive employer, Interior official tells Congress

Congress

Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

Telework and return-to-office changes at agencies were far from the only pivot for the federal workforce in 2023.

Workforce

A federal return-to-office won’t solve the government’s office space problems

Measuring federal office space utilization is incredibly complicated — and it has been that way for quite some time.

Federal Report

‘Telework is not one-size-fits-all’: Agencies defend hybrid work for feds in front of House lawmakers

Congress

Left unsatisfied with the telework data available from agencies, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee pressed harder on a handful of federal leaders this week.