Workforce
To Mask or Not to Mask? CDC's Mixed Messages During the Pandemic
GovExec Daily staff examines the pandemic response from the most-visible federal health agency.
Management
The House Wants Agencies to Reveal the Deals They Cut to Avoid Lengthy Legal Battles
The settlement agreements federal agencies enter into would become more transparent under a bill passed Tuesday.
Workforce
Agencies Are Emphasizing Skills and Experience in Hiring. The House Has Voted to Make it Official.
The measure would bring civil service law in line with initiatives already underway to improve how the federal government recruits and hires new workers.
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Nextgov
Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Better Data Collection Plans for LGBTQI+ Community
After decades of demanding better data, the LGBTQI+ community will see more accurate and actionable representation in federal surveys, thanks to the new Evidence Agenda.
Management
A NOAA Employee Ignored the Hatch Act Repeatedly. It Took a Decade For Him to Be Fired.
The employee ran for Congress several times beginning in 2012, and was warned this was a violation of the law.
Oversight
GAO Pegs Unemployment Insurance Fraud Tally at More Than $60 billion
At the same time, the congressional watchdog cautioned that governmentwide fraud estimates are potentially dicey.
Workforce
Remote Work: Transitioning from a Social Distancing Measure to a Human Capital Strategy
The former executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee argues that forcing fed workers to show up at a physical location may alienate and demotivate them, and impact productivity.
Workforce
How Public Sector Unions Are Adjusting to a Post-Trump World
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the state of organized labor in federal workplaces.
Management
The USPS Is Leaving Money on the Table With a Poor Investment Strategy, IG Says
The current approach is also leaving the Postal Service vulnerable to unnecessary risk, the watchdog found.
Pay & Benefits
Oversight Republicans Demand Answers from OPM on FEHBP Fraud Risk Report
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer claimed, without evidence, that the insurance program for federal employees is “riddled” with ineligible participants.
Oversight
Trump’s Interior Secretary Was Cleared in Probe on Water Project and Former Client
So was the department’s ethics office that conducted a review for possible conflicts of interest.
Management
The Federal Government Can Use Its Buying Power to Help the Environment and Save Taxpayers Money
Even small shifts in procurement rules that encourage reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will have a ripple effect.
Workforce
Former Presidential Innovation Fellow Stresses the Program’s Importance for Tech Recruitment
Current VA CTO Charles Worthington noted that PIF and other programs offer an important avenue for technologists to serve the public, while the government is looking to attract top talent.
Management
Taxpayer Advocate Pushes For IRS to Make Its Own Free, Direct e-File System
A new report calls the current e-file program, a collaboration between private tax prep companies and the IRS, greatly underutilized and advises the agency to develop a new system.
Tech
FAA Attributes Ground-Stop Glitch To Contractor Error
The agency said there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent behind last week's system outage.
Oversight
'There's a Lot of Work to be Done' to Even the Gender Playing Field in Business
National Women's Business Council member Jaime Gloshay joins the podcast to discuss what women entrepreneurs and business owners face.
Oversight
A Watchdog Finds Missing Guns, Other Issues With the Federal Government’s Firearm Donation Program
GSA lacks a clear policy and proper oversight for its efforts to provide states with guns that federal agencies no longer need.
Workforce
OPM Guidance Lays Out Vision for ‘Exceptional’ Internship Programs at Agencies
Agencies should expand the number of interns they hire each year, among other things.
Nextgov
The Future of Quantum Security Will Be Encoded in Light, Researchers Hope
Swiss researchers, funded in part by the U.S., are developing a stronger network security countermeasure to combat the potential of a viable quantum computing system.
Workforce
OMB Streamlines Contracting Officer Training with Certification Update
The update marks the first change to the certification process since 2014
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