Kilolo Kijakazi

Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senate confirmation process lags as leadership vacancies remain

Biden’s nominees requiring Senate confirmation take 127 days, on average, to get through the process, the Partnership for Public Service said.

Management

SSA, AFGE renegotiate agreement to give employees more official time

Unions

employee engagement

The future of work is coming. Are federal managers ready for it?

Federal Report

SSA acting commissioner ‘concerned’ about employee exhaustion, lack of engagement

Hiring/Retention

Michael Astrue, Social Security Administration, SSA

From a former commissioner, advice for the next team at Social Security

Management

First pulse survey results are out and SSA didn’t do too well

Unions

SSA reaches deal to resume some in-person disability claims hearings starting in May

Workforce

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

Agencies begin setting tentative reentry dates for federal employees

Workforce

The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Andrew Saul to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden fires Saul as SSA commissioner

People