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Depending on which polls you believe, what publications you read, and what radio/TV outlets you follow, many Americans are dying to get back to the office. By the same token, many say they would stay home.
July 01, 2021 -
As agencies finalize their workforce reentry plans in the coming weeks, an affinity group that represents employees at the Justice Department is urging agency leadership to keep certain pandemic workplace flexibilities in place.
June 25, 2021 -
House Democrats argue the pandemic has shown the need for paid family and medical leave, but Republicans say the benefits federal employees have are already too generous.
June 24, 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 -
Administration sets up a complicated and long set of reports and planning deadlines before feds can actually return to their regular offices.
June 18, 2021 -
Human capital leaders in the intelligence community say the new hybrid work environment will prompt a cultural shift in how managers and supervisors communicate with employees and set expectations about performance and promotions.
June 15, 2021 -
The Biden administration on Thursday lifted the cap on the number of federal employees who can work in the office, but agencies must first submit and finalize reentry plans, update COVID-19 safety protocols, meet union obligations and give the workforce enough advanced notice.
June 10, 2021 -
President Biden isn’t looking for a smaller government. He's seeking the biggest increase since the downsizing during the Clinton administration.
June 08, 2021 -
The National Archives and Records Administration expects it will take 18-to-24 months to resolve a backlog of outstanding requests at the National Personnel Records Center -- once it has systems in place to digitize and share documents with other agencies.
June 07, 2021 -
Government, like the private sector, is likely to see a variety of practices that are dependent on agency mission, type of work, and agency culture
June 07, 2021 -
Many employees want to return to their offices not because they're so great, but because they want to renew human connections weakened over the past year.
June 04, 2021 -
Leaders must do more than track the numbers as telework becomes a new normal. Success depends on understanding how employees feel about the shift.
June 03, 2021 -
Agencies must finalize reentry plans and post-pandemic workforce policies by July 19, the Biden administration said Tuesday. The Social Security Administration is the latest agency to reassess its telework program.
June 01, 2021 -
Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the clearance jobs market, including the ability of some cleared professionals to work remotely from home.
May 27, 2021 -
It might be time for a whole new type of computer and communications network, one that's more resilient and more resistant to cybersecurity threats than networks as we know them today.
May 25, 2021