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Senate committee advances Ahuja’s nomination for OPM director

No Republicans voted to advance the nomination of Kiran Ahuja, the president’s choice to lead the Office of Personnel Management, to the full Senate.

People

Ahuja vows to bring stable leadership to OPM after years of turnover at the top

Workforce

Senate bill calls for enhancing AI expertise in the federal workforce

Federal Newscast

White House reviewing National Cyber Director role as Congress presses for governmentwide leadership

Cybersecurity

New House bill attempts to make presidential records more easily searchable

Open Data/Transparency

OMB nominees pledge to break down federal hiring barriers

Management

Agency progress stalls on key high-risk list challenges, GAO says

Agency Oversight

The Senate has never truly supported IT modernization and here’s what has to change

Reporter's Notebook

Senate to get on the IT modernization bandwagon?

Reporter's Notebook

Neera Tanden testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee on her nomination to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)

IT modernization is a priority for Biden’s OMB pick, but she acknowledges funding challenges

Management

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

Biden’s DHS pick vows to make employee morale his ‘highest priority’

People

Some agencies are super positive about telework. How long will it last?

Individual agencies have extolled the benefits of telework and are rethinking their workforce policies to evolve with the times. But will the entire federal…

Federal Report

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Telework may be the recruitment and retention solution agencies — and Congress — are looking for

Some agencies have outgrown their formal telework policies in the pandemic, and they’re using full-time remote work arrangements to entice new employees…