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Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), ranking member of the government operations subcommittee, is calling on OPM to facilitate return-to-work plans for the federal workforce as soon as possible. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is urging a more cautious approach.
May 18, 2021 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. That executive order on cybersecurity from the White House last week – where do you even…
May 18, 2021 -
Last week we asked how people were holding up with telework. There were so many good replies we're going to have to split the results.
May 18, 2021 -
Each year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosts a training conference for HR and EEO practitioners in both government and industry.
May 17, 2021 -
As pandemic guidelines change, the House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced legislation that would require specific workplace safety plans from federal agencies as they prepare to reopen offices.
May 14, 2021 -
What would you like to see happen this year and ahead as the world climbs out of the COVID life change?
May 13, 2021 -
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey answers a lot of questions, but also leaves many unanswered.
May 07, 2021 -
New data from the most recent Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey shows how agencies expanded telework during the pandemic to parts of the workforce where such arrangements previously weren't possible.
May 03, 2021 -
For better or worse, public administration and the people who carry it out deal regularly with employee unions. But do unions help or hinder that public administration?
May 03, 2021 -
The Social Security Administration said it would begin to incrementally bring more staff back to work in person at its field offices, as senators say the workarounds the agency implemented during the pandemic are falling short.
April 30, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management said the 2020 results demonstrate the resiliency of the federal workforce, which was called on to respond to the unprecedented demands of a global pandemic. Telework may have been a boon to employee engagement as well, OPM said.
April 26, 2021 -
Some believe feds should have gone back to the office long ago, while others fear they'll lose top talent if their telework flexibilities aren't as generous as the agency next door.
April 26, 2021 -
Kiran Ahuja, the president's nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management, said the agency isn't making progress on its biggest challenges, in large part, because of leadership turnover.
April 22, 2021 -
As agencies rethink their remote work policies for a post-pandemic world, new governmentwide data shows just how far agencies have come in the last two years with telework.
April 19, 2021 -
Some agencies fear top talent will leave for the private sector or other places in the federal government with more generous telework policies if they don't change and offer their own workforce flexibilities.
April 16, 2021