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How to build and maintain sustainability in government contracting

While necessary to harness the federal government’s buying power in addressing the climate crisis, new acquisition regulations could inadvertently serve…

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USPS hiring strategy helped reduce overtime last holiday season, IG finds

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file photo, a United States Postal Service carrier delivers mail to homes in Salt Lake City. A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay. Arbitrators and federal investigators have found managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid hourly workers for years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

USPS falls short on pay requirements for managers, supervisors, federal appeals court finds

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo an F-16 airplane lifts off at the US military Airport in Spangdahlem, Germany. The U.S. military says an F-16 fighter jet has crashed in western Germany but the pilot ejected to safety. Police said the plane came down in the Zemmer area, between the city of Trier and the U.S. Air Force's Spangdahlem Air Base. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP, file)

New group in Congress to look out for the nation’s fighter pilots

Federal Newscast

Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic labor shortages. As spending on infrastructure rises, construction firms will need to hire at least 430,000 new skilled laborers in 2021, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Right now, only 4% of construction laborers in the U.S. are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

Federal Newscast

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

Unions

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a news conference on Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

HHS says it’s ready to take over Operation Warp Speed, but GAO is not so sure

Federal Newscast

USPS has only made $35 in revenue from banking pilot

In today’s Federal Newscast, a Postal Service banking pilot isn’t drawing many customers.

Federal Newscast

USPS asks for more time to implement vaccine mandate

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Postal Service is asking for a temporary exemption from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-and-testing…

Federal Newscast

Snow falls at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Snovid day was a first!

Tom Temin Commentary

How often does the first work day of the year during a pandemic also arrive with an early snowstorm?

U. S. Postal Service

How to build and maintain sustainability in government contracting

USPS hiring strategy helped reduce overtime last holiday season, IG finds

AWOL employees is a vexing problem for the Postal Service

USPS could face some difficulty in buying the gas-powered fleet it wants

USPS reform bill offering ‘much-needed reset’ on its finances passes Senate

USPS also finds itself in need of more truck drivers

USPS falls short on pay requirements for managers, supervisors, federal appeals court finds

New group in Congress to look out for the nation’s fighter pilots

Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

HHS says it’s ready to take over Operation Warp Speed, but GAO is not so sure

USPS has only made $35 in revenue from banking pilot

USPS asks for more time to implement vaccine mandate

Snovid day was a first!