Labor Department
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In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department now has an option to reach the cloud from outside the continental United States. The Postal Service says it can account for all of its employees on the Hawaiian island of Maui. And the Labor Department has uncovered more improper spending of COVID relief funds.
August 24, 2023 -
Apprenticeships go back for eons in time. They became codified in the United States some 86 years ago with enactment of the National Apprenticeship Act. Now the Labor Department has brought new focus to this part of job training through what it calls the Apprentice Trailblazer Initiative.
August 23, 2023 -
Persistence and focus have paid off for one Labor Department policy advisor. His beat for 23 years of federal service has been access for people with disabilities, access to transportation, jobs, and technology at the federal and state levels.
August 10, 2023 -
Although the new bill from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) would not entirely solve pay compression, the Senior Executives Association said “any action is better than no action.”
August 08, 2023 -
Mangala Kuppa, the director of business application services in Labor’s CIO’s office, said the agency hopes to continue to develop the portal using chatbots and other technologies to better serve citizens.
July 31, 2023 -
Creating new locality pay areas while larger federal pay problems loom is “akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic,” the Senior Executives Association said. The organization is joining with others to call for a proposal from the Biden administration to fix pay compression.
July 11, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Two GOP lawmakers are looking to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies. The Office of Personnel Management reminds agency managers they must not forget the "weather and safety leave" option. And it looks like your latest Zoom meeting is probably a public record.
July 07, 2023 -
House lawmakers showed little support to provide more funding for the Technology Modernization Fund in fiscal 2024, but the board still has hundreds of millions of dollars to loan out.
July 06, 2023 -
Mangala Kuppa, the director of business application services in the chief information officer’s office for the Labor Department, was a finalist for the 2023 Leadership Award from Women in Technology.
June 28, 2023 -
During this exclusive webinar, moderator Tom Temin and agency and industry leaders will discuss what opportunities and resources are available for veterans and how employers can better meet the needs of veterans.
June 26, 2023 -
The Office of Management and Budget, in a memo last month, called on deputy secretaries to develop Work Environment Plans that take a closer look at agency satisfaction scores for both employees and customers.
May 02, 2023 -
Gundeep Ahluwalia, the chief information officer for the Labor Department, said three funding sources, two-year appropriations, a working capital fund and the Technology Modernization Fund, is giving the agency the resources to move to the cloud.
March 16, 2023 -
In this exclusive webinar edition of Ask the CIO, host, Jason Miller and guest Gundeep Ahluwalia, chief information officer at the Labor Department will dive into how the Labor Department has evolved over the past couple years and the technology supporting their progress. Jordan Owens, chief technology officer for Pexip Americas will provide an industry perspective.
March 06, 2023 -
The Biden administration is giving agencies several common targets to improve customer experience in government.
February 02, 2023 -
New rules proposed by the Federal Trade Commission to ban workplace noncompete agreements have stirred a lot of opinions. Workers' rights advocates say the move will help wages finally break out of their stagnant pace, however some aren't so sure about that.
January 30, 2023