USDA relocation

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.

Workforce

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

Workforce

After high staff attrition, USDA seeks to rebuild with ‘robust’ hiring

Hiring/Retention

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Washington, D.C. skyline with highways and monuments.

After pandemic telework, are agency relocations dead?

Federal Report

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USDA will loosen its telework policy, consider new remote work options

Workforce

Data Dive

After the relocation gutted their workforces, USDA research agencies struggle to rebuild

Workforce

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Feds, you were quite popular over the last four years

Federal Report

Shutdowns, relocations and mergers defined a whirlwind 2019 for the federal workforce

Workforce

How not to move an agency

Tom Temin Commentary

After 30 years, the CFO Act could use an upgrade

Federal Newscast

USDA relocation takes another key step with lease signing for permanent office space

Leasing/Property Management

Move agency headquarters out of DC? Only if you want them to fail

Moving people out of D.C. has been proposed before, but commentator and former Homeland Security CHCO Jeff Neal says the HIRE Act’s reasoning is flawed.

Commentary

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, including 26 white chairs each painted with a cross and and rose, is displayed in the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Republican leaders in gun-friendly Texas are stamping down the prospects of 'red flag' laws that would let enforcement seize some firearms from people who are deemed dangerous to themselves or others. Gun control advocates hoped for an opening after mass shootings at the church and high school within 6 months of each other. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Air Force updates criminal justice platform after mass shooting highlighted flaws

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Air Force is rolling out a new criminal justice IT system. It comes two years after the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs,…

Federal Newscast

Plans to relocate some 550 USDA employees fall vastly short of initial expectations

Workforce

The Agriculture Department said short-term contractors, employees on detail from other agencies and reemployed annuitants are all part of its strategy to fill workforce gaps at the two research bureaus impacted by the USDA relocation.