Office of Management and Budget
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Agencies face dozens and dozens of tricky questions in preparing for employees to return to work in-person.
July 26, 2021 -
Celeste Drake, the director of the Made in America Office in OMB, said a new website run by GSA will help agencies and businesses find and use data to drive domestic sourcing decisions.
July 08, 2021 -
Former federal statistical officials say the memo provides detailed directions for agencies in navigating a major culture change — one that predates the past two years under the Evidence Act.
July 07, 2021 -
The governmentwide strategic solutions (GSS) for laptops, desktops and accessories under the category management initiative is a catalog of desktop and laptop configurations that meet OMB's standard specifications.
July 07, 2021 -
The State Department makes a big policy change to passports. All federal fighters will likely make no less than $15 dollars an hour. And Guantanamo Bay is on the chopping block — again.
July 01, 2021 -
The Biden administration is expecting agencies to back up future budget requests with data and program performance metrics --- or at least provide a plan to gather this information.
June 30, 2021 -
Scores are published by the Partnership for Public Service, whose Vice President of Federal Workforce Programs, Michelle Amante, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 30, 2021 -
Industry is concerned about an initiative under President Biden's executive order that could lead to requirements for a "software bill of materials."
June 29, 2021 -
The Office of Management and Budget set a 2025 deadline for agencies to move at least 80% of all IP assets to Internet Protocol version 6.
June 29, 2021 -
Results from this year's Best Places to Work rankings show federal agencies receiving high marks in their handling of the pandemic, but leadership effectiveness scores still showed much room for improvement.
June 29, 2021 -
The Technology Modernization Fund board is ensuring agency proposals are tied to investment and overall strategic plans.
June 28, 2021 -
The executive order, which President Joe Biden signed Friday, addresses everything from unpaid federal internships and pay equity for members of underserved communities to diversity and inclusion training and gender-neutral pronouns.
June 28, 2021 -
House members are silent on federal pay in their 2022 draft appropriations bill, meaning they'll defer to the president's recommendation for a 2.7% raise for employees next year.
June 23, 2021 -
The House of Representatives will likely go along with the president's 2.7% federal pay raise for civilian employees next year, a House Democrat said Tuesday. The House Appropriations Committee will release the text for a key 2022 bill later this week.
June 22, 2021 -
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report to Congress further highlights why the administration is focusing on some key areas to improve.
June 18, 2021