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SES reassignments could use more oversight, GAO says

Agencies are often reassigning members of the Senior Executive Service with little oversight, the Government Accountability Office found. And the Office…

SES

Some agencies do a better job looking into employees playing hooky

Federal Newscast

Interior long planned for BLM relocation, but leasing cost concerns weren’t the driving factor

Agency Oversight

How the pandemic is upending agency views on employee reskilling

Workforce

Interior, Energy and EPA have more reopening details for employees

Workforce

In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 photo Rep. Greg Gianforte listens during a meeting with leaders from the Montana Department of Justice and Montana Highway Patrol in Helena, Mont.. Gianforte is running against Democratic challenger Kathleen Williams to keep the congressional seat he won last year in a special election. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Members of Congress worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going to dead people

Federal Newscast

FILE- This March 11, 2019 file photo, shows the north entrance of the Trump International in Washington. A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by members of Congress that charged that President Donald Trump has illegally profited off the presidency. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)

Trump organization asks for rent reduction and Congress has questions

Federal Newscast

Staff inspect medical equipments at an emergency hospital set up amid the new coronavirus outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 23, 2020. Indonesia has changed towers built to house athletes in the 2018 Asian Games to emergency hospitals with a 3,000-bed capacity in the country's hard-hit capital, where new patients have surged in the past week. (Hafidz Mubarak A/Pool Photo via AP)

Agencies get more hiring flexibilities to help with coronavirus response

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management granting agencies new authorities to help in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal Newscast

The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are seen in Washington, at sunrise Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The White House has sent Congress an emergency $46 billion spending request for coronavirus-related funding this year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Here’s what federal agencies say they need to fight the coronavirus

Federal agencies have requested an additional $45.8 billion in funding for 2020 alone, which the White House said is necessary for its governmentwide response…

Budget

GAO: Interior Dept. still hasn’t justified move to Colorado

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says Interior never gave detailed reasons for relocating specific Bureau of Land Management headquarters positions to Colorado or other western states.

SES reassignments could use more oversight, GAO says

Some agencies do a better job looking into employees playing hooky

Interior long planned for BLM relocation, but leasing cost concerns weren’t the driving factor

How the pandemic is upending agency views on employee reskilling

VA employees say they’ve faced racism on the job

Interior’s IT modernization success relies on people, data

MSPB extending mandatory telework until next month

Let’s talk about those reopening plans

Interior, Energy and EPA have more reopening details for employees

Members of Congress worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going to dead people

Trump organization asks for rent reduction and Congress has questions

Agencies get more hiring flexibilities to help with coronavirus response

Here’s what federal agencies say they need to fight the coronavirus

GAO: Interior Dept. still hasn’t justified move to Colorado

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