Joe Biden
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President Biden has officially recommended a 5.2% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2024, including a 0.5% locality pay adjustment.
August 31, 2023 -
Former Trump administration officials said the now-revoked Schedule F executive order would improve federal workforce accountability, while a leader at the Partnership for Public Service shared ideas for better, more meaningful workforce reforms.
July 03, 2023 -
The IRS is facing substantial cuts to funds meant to rebuild its workforce and modernize its legacy IT systems over the next decade, as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a first-ever government default.
May 29, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The newest Biden mandate, so to speak, is that there is no COVID mandate. The Confederacy suffers another defeat, as Fort Hood gets a name change. And another mega contract is facing delays because of protests.
May 10, 2023 -
The total number of federal contracting dollars going to small businesses keeps going up year over year.
May 08, 2023 -
Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management to implement a federal rotational cyber workforce program, which will officially launch this November.
March 21, 2023 -
The Biden administration's agenda for the federal workforce next year is coming into focus, with the release of more details supporting its fiscal 2024 budget request.
March 13, 2023 -
The Biden administration is calling on agencies to step up their efforts to improve customer experience across government by bringing in additional experts and making better use of customer feedback data.
March 09, 2023 -
Former President Donald Trump, former vice president Mike Pence, and President Joe Biden don't have much in common. But all three got caught with classified documents that they took home.
February 27, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management’s first-ever DEIA annual report details both progress and upcoming goals to hit the requirements of Biden’s executive order on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the federal workforce.
February 16, 2023 -
The executive order launches an annual requirement for agencies to develop equity action plans and tasks agencies with improving community outreach when developing those plans.
February 16, 2023 -
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) reintroduced bicameral legislation to prevent presidential administrations from reclassifying federal positions outside merit system principles.
February 14, 2023 -
President Joe Biden has fired the embattled Architect of the Capitol, the official who oversees the Capitol complex. The White House said Monday that Brett Blanton’s appointment was terminated. It comes as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he’d lost confidence in Blanton’s ability to do the job. An inspector general report released last year found “administrative, ethical and policy violations” by Blanton, including that he abused his government vehicle and misrepresented himself as a law enforcement official. At a House hearing last week, Blanton also faced fierce questions about Capitol tours he allowed and sometimes conducted despite pandemic restrictions.
February 13, 2023 -
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act would give feds 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, essentially replacing the 12 weeks of unpaid leave offered through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
February 08, 2023 -
The White House is promoting its unity agenda as a playbook for what the administration can accomplish with a Republican-controlled House.
February 07, 2023