National Academy of Public Administration

650,000 federal paychecks at risk, as IT, workforce challenges threaten National Finance Center

To address some issues in the short-term, the Agriculture Department said NFC is on track to hire 80 new employees by January 2024.

Workforce

FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia. Congressional auditors say about 30 million people will have to come up with more money to pay their taxes next year because their employers withheld too little from their paychecks under government tables keyed to the new tax law. New tax withholding tables for employers were put together by the government early 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

This problem could cut off federal paychecks as surely as a shutdown

Agency Oversight

This agency could stop your paycheck cold

Tom Temin Commentary

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Divide over Schedule F reveals deeper need for federal workforce reform, Partnership says

Workforce

What a great time to be a member of the Election Assistance Commission

Congress

National Guard personnel under Title 32 duty status, in which the federal government funds 100% of the cost for the troops. Over 28,000 activated National Guard troops are helping state and local governments with: 🔹 Logistical support in warehouses to support food distribution 🔹 Medical screening and testing 🔹 Supporting correctional facilities Learn more about this and other types of federal support for COVID-19 response:

Meet the guy who makes sure FEMA arrives at a disaster fully prepared

Workforce

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An influential Congressional staffer is now a NAPA fellow

Congress

Meet the legislative branch diversity officer who’s the latest NAPA fellow

Agency Oversight

A page holds copies of the Inflation Reduction Act, inside an elevator inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A program to foster intergovernmental cooperation points to some one-year accomplishments

Management

The federal government knows when people are born, but not always when they die

Agency Oversight

How agencies can be more agile in the rules-driven business of rule-making

Management

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2021, file photo, Victor Villegas, 78, right, receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot from a health care worker at a vaccination site in the Mission district of San Francisco. As Newsom faces a likely recall, Latino advocates say engaging their communities and providing a more robust response to the pandemic could be keys to his survival. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

In the pandemic, federal, state and local government responses weren’t always aligned

The intergovernmental response to the pandemic is the topic of the latest study from a working group of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Workforce

Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 12 – OTAs and the PMA Learning Agenda

On this episode, we talk with Acquisition experts Stan Soloway and Jason Knudsen on their ground-breaking report on the expanding use of Other Transaction…

Accelerating Government

FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

New COVID guidance for federal agencies to match CDC recommendations

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has new guidance for masking and COVID testing for federal agencies.