Shalanda Young

OMB tells agencies to name chief AI officer to accelerate tech adoption across government

The Biden administration is setting new rules for how federal agencies should accelerate the use of artificial intelligence tools, and set up guardrails…

Artificial Intelligence

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Pay agent renews calls for ‘major legislative reforms’ to federal pay

Pay

GOP bills would ‘devastate the American people,’ OMB director says

Federal Newscast

After walking down a gravel road to do recon on a fire cresting into the trees, a wildland firefighter grimaces as he walks back to his crew on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at the Bedrock Fire north of Lenore, Idaho. Lenore is about 30 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

White House asks Congress to keep firefighters from falling off the pay cliff

Budget

White House directs agencies to prioritize ‘secure by design’ in 2025 budgets

Cybersecurity

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Agencies to start implementing transparency law for Congressional reports in October

Management

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

New telework plans require a huge bureaucratic lift

Tom Temin Commentary

White House tells agencies to strike a balance between telework, in-office work

Workforce

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a training exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Va. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touch Point, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)

Who should staff the arsenal of democracy, feds or contractors?

Tom Temin Commentary

The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Omnibus silently endorses 4.6% pay raise for federal employees in 2023

Congress

Pay agent calls for ‘major reforms’ to federal pay system, approves four new pay localities

Pay

White House prepares for partial lift on federal contractor vaccine mandate ban

The Safer Federal Workforce task force will issue guidance on the future of the federal contractor vaccine mandate, but some of the details are still up…

Agency Oversight

Two agencies took initial steps to implement Schedule F, GAO finds

Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.