Workforce
Biden Administration Releases First-Ever Report on Diversity in Federal Government
The report reflects marginal gains in representation for women and some communities of color.
Workforce
Modernizing the Civil Service isn't Exciting, but It Is Important
Jeffrey Neal joins the podcast to discuss bringing the federal workforce into the 21st century.
Management
At EPA, Staffing Crisis Clashes with Expanded Mission
“The future of the EPA and our planet are at stake.”
Pay & Benefits
Paid Family Leave: A Benefit Helpful to Just About Everyone—So Why So Slow In Coming?
It’s only in the last few years that feds got 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Now, a pending bill aims to cover caregiving in case of illness.
Workforce
Lawmakers Are Doubling Down on the Effort to Prevent the Next Schedule F
The latest legislative proposal to block presidents from unilaterally stripping federal workers of their civil service protections creates additional barriers to reclassifying employees.
Management
The Challenge of Modernizing the Civil Service
What has been done over the past few years to prepare the federal workforce for the 21st century? Virtually nothing.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s Why Employees Stick With A (Federal) Job, and More
Federal employees—and those who recruit them—often laud the excellent benefits that come with working for the government, among other things.
Workforce
Fed Managers Shouldn't Distance Themselves from Remote Work
Bob Westbrooks joins the podcast to discuss telework lessons learned from his experience at the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.
Workforce
These 3 Fed Workforce Trends Will Shape Mission Success in 2023
Agencies need to embrace the challenges and adapt to shifting worker expectations.
Management
How Misinformed Citizens Put Government Personnel in Harm’s Way
What happens online can turn into physical threats.
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.
Workforce
Court Affirms That Federal Employee Appeals Agency's Judges Are Constitutionally Appointed
A ruling for the appellant could have upended enforcement of civil service protections for federal workers.
Workforce
It's OK to Feel Optimistic About Governing and Democracy
Lisa Parshall joins the podcast to discuss the ways the Biden Administration
Workforce
Feds Mull Changes to Cannabis Questions on Vetting Forms
A plan to modernize intake forms for candidates for government service could include revisions to the type of questions asked about marijuana use.
Workforce
Why Do Americans Fear Government So Much?
Lisa Parshall joins the podcast to discuss the new edition of her book on the administrative state and the differences in administration between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Pay & Benefits
Board Again Significantly Scales Back Marquee Federal Employee Firing Law
Tens of thousands of workers will no longer be eligible for expedited removal.
Workforce
Federal Employee Appeals Board Still Has Years of Work Ahead to Cut Through Its Record Backlog
Board has made slow but steady progress in reducing its workload after Congress incapacitated it for five years.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: A Politicized Civil Service is Coming, if Congress Doesn't Act
The Project on Government Oversight's Joe Spielberger joins the podcast to discuss the looming Schedule F threat.
Tech
GovExec Daily: Meet Me in the Metaverse? Tech Trends for Next Year
Deloitte's Scott Buchholz joins the podcast to discuss the new report on technology trends for the coming year.
Workforce
Here’s the Workforce Provisions that Did and Didn’t Make It Into the Final Defense Policy Bill
Did TSA employees get access to the General Schedule pay scale? No.
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