Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden has named Kiran Ahuja to be his new director of the Office of Personnel Management. Ahuja previously served as OPM's chief of staff during the Obama administration, and she lead the president's Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
February 23, 2021 -
President Biden looking to attract more people from STEM fields into the national security workforceIn today's Federal Newscast, a new memo from President Biden will create a new inter-agency task force to develop proposals to recruit, retain and support national security professionals.
February 05, 2021 -
In his first visit to the State Department’s HQ during his administration, Biden told a new class of Foreign Service officers, joining virtually, that he would focus on ensuring they feel “trusted and empowered."
February 04, 2021 -
The Defense secretary put a halt to Trump-era actions against transgender service members.
February 02, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after the Army made huge changes to its grooming standards last week, some soldiers want more change.
February 02, 2021 -
The executive action raises the profile of senior career officials at scientific agencies, seeks to increase transparency around agency research and regulations and makes federal data sets more accessible to researchers.
January 28, 2021 -
The emergency acquisition authority is expected to get heavy use in Biden's first year as president.
January 27, 2021 -
The riots and the inauguration behind it, Congress has barely settled into the next session. With only a few bills actually introduced, the Senate is mainly concerned with the Biden administration confirmations for the moment.
January 25, 2021 -
Already there are quite a few noticeable differences between the Biden and Trump administrations. Biden's mask mandate for federal employees and contractors - and the creation of a centralized pandemic task force for the workforce - is just one example.
January 25, 2021 -
The newly minted commander-in-chief offered up hope to civil servants as the administration kicks off a new era of federal agency leadership.
January 22, 2021 -
President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to repeal at least four Trump-era executive orders that limited collective bargaining and stripped certain job protections from career federal employees.
January 22, 2021 -
Hey you in the career federal workforce. Wanna be a hero? Try keeping that clueless new appointee out of trouble. There’s a good chance the Biden appointees sent your way — either there already or…
January 22, 2021 -
Biden has a chance to appoint people who will address systemic personnel issues in the military.
January 21, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House tells agencies to hold off on publishing any new rules until after President Biden’s appointees have had a chance to review them.
January 21, 2021 -
The inauguration showed continuity reflected in the building where it took place.
January 21, 2021