Labor Department
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The Biden administration has fended off a state-led challenge to an executive order that raised the minimum hourly wage for federal contractor employees.
January 11, 2023 -
Explaining the history of locality pay and how it affects federal employees on the General Schedule.
January 05, 2023 -
The President’s Pay Agent issued an annual report, approving four new pay localities, while also noting the need for larger reforms to the federal compensation system.
December 19, 2022 -
Biden administration officials point to “great strides” in agencies progress under the President’s Management Agenda, just after it hit its one-year anniversary.
December 14, 2022 -
Robin Crisp, an IT officer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Business Application Services at the Labor Department, said the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program started digital signatures with two forms and now plans to expand to other programs.
November 14, 2022 -
Federal workers increasingly have access to sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning software. First they have to get past reluctance to adaptation.
November 09, 2022 -
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee made up of inspectors general recently launched a group of dashboards to help people see which agencies got how much money and where it went.
November 07, 2022 -
Through more intensely looking at data, Labor finds its can “identify things you might not have caught previously,” which can help drive changes in services and programs, CDO Scott Gibbons says.
November 03, 2022 -
This Secret Service agent led a nationwide criminal investigation that so far has clawed back more than a billion dollars anyway, awarded to frauds under the Paycheck Protection Program and prevented maybe twice that much from going out in the first place.
September 01, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Virginia congressman demands to know if the Homeland Security Inspector General is under investigation. And the IRS is looking to expand its use of video conferences in appeals cases.
August 19, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is criticized for its lack of transparency, and the Pentagon releases its first-ever social-media policy for official accounts.
August 16, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the IRS is getting billions more for enforcement, and some feds in the West and Pacific Northwest expect some locality pay to be in their future.
August 08, 2022 -
New council recommendations would adjust several pay locality areas, but must get approval from the president's pay agent before implementation.
August 05, 2022 -
The Technology Modernization Fund Board and the Office of Management and Budget has made 18 awards, including four that specifically call out zero trust, worth more than $400 million since March 2021.
August 04, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Biden Administration Office of Personnel Management gets its first second-in-command. And the Navy has a new top intelligence officer.
August 04, 2022