Stephen Lynch

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OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

After reaching about 80% compliance, OMB’s Jason Miller tells lawmakers he expects agencies to completely follow through with 50% in-office presence…

Workforce

Security personnel from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, watch the vicinity around the Alexandria Federal Court in Alexandria, Va., on day one of Paul Manafort's trial, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Dems want details from Federal Protective Service in wake of rising threats

Congress

Congress investigating whether companies are profiting off veterans disability claims backlog

Veterans Affairs

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USPS reform bill now avoids higher health premiums for other federal employees

Benefits

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Committee approves $12B for USPS, GSA to adopt electric vehicles

Facilities/Construction

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Bipartisan USPS reform bill with a ‘good chance’ of becoming law passes House committee

Agency Oversight

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United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

Agency Oversight

In this Feb. 5, 2016, photo, a mail clerk at the Wynne Unit of the Texas prison system makes her way through a box of letters for inmates in Huntsville, Texas. Every piece of mail is checked for contraband, like drugs hidden under stamps, or messages or words in correspondence that suggest violence or escape plans, as well as attempts by convicts to profit from some enterprise or business while behind bars. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

USPS reduces morning office time for letter carriers for ‘more consistent delivery’

Management

FILE - This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to use Defense Production Act for $133 million in N95 masks

DoD Reporter's Notebook

USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume

Agency Oversight

Telework is saving some agencies millions, but too few are measuring the decreases

Workforce

Postal reforms receive stamp of approval from House committee

Two postal reform bills passed the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, although not without opposition or concerns.

Congress

House investigation reaches top of the TSA food chain

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continued their investigation of the Transportation Security Administration, this time hearing from…

Congress

House lawmakers to OPM: Security clearance reforms headed for disaster

Congress

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee questioned the administration on its new federal security clearance reform plan. Members of the committee wanted further details about the Office of Personnel Management’s role in the new process, as well as the timeline, funding, and the authorities that DoD would have under the National Background Investigations Bureau.