Management

Biden Administration Seeks Civilian Feds to Deploy in Helping Relocate Afghan Evacuees

Employee volunteers will go to both domestic and international sites as U.S. struggles to respond to chaotic scenes in Afghanistan.

Management

Imagination Exercise Reveals COVID-19 Risk of Local Activities

An imagination exercise can help people make more realistic judgments about the riskiness of their daily choices.

Management

GovExec Daily: How Managers Can Help Feds Thrive in Uncertainty

Accenture Federal Services's Kristen Vaughan joins the podcast to discuss a framework for officials to use to help workers succeed.

Management

Complicity and Silence around Sexual Harassment Are Common – Cuomo and His Protectors Were a Textbook Example

Four scholars who study the role witnesses play in helping and protecting harassers say the role played by many in Cuomo’s office fit a pattern of silence, complicity and intimidation.

Management

Postal Service Looks to Institute Holiday Surcharge as It Fights to Preserve Permanent Price Hike

USPS also finalized its plan to slow-down some mail delivery just two days before surcharge would take effect.

Management

OMB: Agency Equity Metrics a Work in Progress, Services Too Burdensome for Disadvantaged Groups

Acting OMB Director Shalanda Young described the measurement of equitable service as a “nascent” field, in need of constant development and review.

Management

EPA Asked to Stop Barring Employees From Sharing Scientific Findings With Each Other

Agency says it supports open collaboration among employees, but some scientists have reported policies with the opposite effect.

Management

GovExec Daily: Emotional Leadership and Expression

The University of California-Riverside's Dr. Thomas Sy joins the podcast to discuss how management is perceived depending on emotional expression.

Management

DHS’ Rigid Security Protocols Contributed to Inadequate Jan. 6 Response, GAO Says

The department is too inflexible to be responsive to "the current environment of emerging threats," GAO found.

Management

New FAQs on Vaccine Attestation and Testing Include Onsite Contractors 

Those who provide false information on their vaccination form could be removed from government work.

Management

GovExec Daily: Emotional Compensation and Employee Retention

Michael Lee Stallard joins the podcast how to use connectedness to keep a workplace together.

Management

Biden Nominates Ex-Merit Systems Protection Board Chair for Labor Authority

The White House also announced plans to nominate a new slate of Democratic appointees to the board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan.

Management

Biden to Nominate former HUD Official to Lead Federal Procurement Office

If confirmed, Biniam Gebre would play a leading role in administering the administration’s ambitious management plans.

Management

DHS Begins Deploying Body Cameras for Some Border-Based Law Enforcement Personnel

CBP will issue cameras to only a fraction of CBP personnel, who will maintain discretion in activating them.

Management

Contracting Association Calls for Extension of COVID-19 Leave Provision 

This will help the government prepare for the next emergency, says the Professional Services Council.