Joe Biden
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Biden’s nominees requiring Senate confirmation take 127 days, on average, to get through the process, the Partnership for Public Service said.
October 20, 2022 -
Contractors face the prospect of higher mandatory wages and treating independent subcontractors like employees. And that's not all. The vaccine mandate might be coming back.
October 18, 2022 -
Biden’s nominee for OPM deputy director, Rob Shriver, would be the first position-holder since January 2021, if the Senate confirms him.
October 05, 2022 -
Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.
September 29, 2022 -
After considering feedback from employees, stakeholders and others, USDA released its final strategic plan to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
September 26, 2022 -
If the Senate confirms her, the White House's nominee for national archivist said the veterans' record request backlog would be the “most important discrete problem” facing her.
September 23, 2022 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act cleared the House in a vote of 225-204, but timing for the Senate’s companion legislation remains uncertain.
September 15, 2022 -
The House Rules Committee passed the Preventing a Patronage System Act favorably in a vote of 8-4 along party lines. Now, it moves to the full House floor.
September 13, 2022 -
In the fall of 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
September 09, 2022 -
President Joe Biden has formally announced his plans to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year, starting on Jan. 1, 2023.
August 31, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Education Dept. is trying to work quickly to set up a simple application process to help borrowers claim debt relief.
August 25, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, Congress is going after sexual misconduct in Junior ROTC programs.
August 17, 2022 -
Public polling shows a continuing decline in Americans' trust in government. One indicator is the number of Americans who would urge their kids to pursue a government career.
August 15, 2022 -
Recommendations to expand pay localities, adjust requirements to add new localities and more from the Federal Salary Council.
August 12, 2022 -
IG offices now have the ability to use a new tagging option when publishing documents to Oversight.gov, to flag reports related to DEIA issues.
August 11, 2022