Management

The White House Wants to Give USPS $5 Billion to Boost Mail-In Voting

The Postal Service faced criticism for its election efforts in 2020, but ultimately was largely successful in delivering ballots.

Workforce

Biden’s Budget Focuses on Making Agencies a ‘Model Employer’

Documents accompanying the president’s fiscal 2023 budget request envisions reforms to federal hiring, internships, and a restructuring of regional Federal Executive Boards.

Management

Biden Is Looking to Improve Pandemic Preparedness With His Budget Proposal  

The budget suggests an investment of $88.2 billion across seven departments, agencies and offices. 

Management

These Are the 12 Most Significant Agency and Program Reforms in Biden's Budget

See how the president is prioritizing his proposed budget increases at nearly every agency in government.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Pay, Policy and Biden's FY2023 Budget Blueprint

Tanya Ballard Brown and Courtney Bublé join the podcast to discuss the administration plan released this week.

Management

Biden Wants to Give Nearly Every Agency a Big Budget Boost. How Much Would Your Agency Get?

All of the Cabinet level agencies would see an increase in discretionary funding under the president’s $5.8 trillion fiscal 2023 budget request.

Pay & Benefits

Biden Proposes a 4.6% Raise for Federal Workers for 2023

If enacted, the figure would mark the largest pay increase for federal employees in two decades.

Management

Postal Banking Isn’t Done Yet, Even Though It Was Stripped from the Recent Spending Package

Democrats have introduced a new postal banking bill and advocates are still hopeful USPS will expand a small pilot program it launched last year.

Management

Shalanda Young, a Working Mom, Is the First Woman of Color to Take Charge of America’s Budget

Young, the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, is one of more than 300 political appointees to be confirmed thus far.

Management

The $1.5 Trillion Funding Bill Makes Small Tweaks to IT Policies and Funding

There's no Technology Modernization Fund boost in the omnibus passed by Congress, but there are multiple small moves supporting IT modernization at federal agencies.

Management

Bridging the Digital Divide with American Rescue Plan Act Funding

One year after ARPA was signed, states, cities and counties are making meaningful progress to expand broadband access.

Defense

The Pentagon Could Need More Cash if Ukraine Support and the NATO Border Mission Drag On

Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord also said allies are contributing more now than in the past.

Management

Here Are 10 Major Takeaways From the $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill

See which agencies are getting the biggest funding increases, hiring orders and new policy initiatives.

Management

The House Approves a 6.7% Full-Year Domestic Spending Increase, and Another CR

The Senate must act on the stopgap measure by Friday to avoid a shutdown, before taking up the omnibus spending package.

Management

Lawmakers Face a Tight Deadline to Pass Funding Bills

Although appropriators still had not released the text of a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package Tuesday afternoon, they insisted they would not resort to passing another stopgap measure to keep the government open.

Workforce

The IRS Announces a New Office That Will Focus on Taxpayer Experience

One of several lines of effort at the IRS to improve customer experience is digital services, which will include efforts ranging from digital signatures to expanded online payment options.