Workforce

Nine Federal Agencies Had Almost All of Their Employees Teleworking During COVID-19

A new watchdog report looks at how 24 federal agencies balanced in-person and offsite work during the pandemic.

Workforce

These Tips Will Help Federal Managers and Employees Navigate the New Hybrid Work Environment

The government’s HR agency said it’s up to everyone to work together to foster effective performance management, particularly when there is a mix of on-site and teleworking feds.

Pay & Benefits

Career Prosecutors at the Justice Dept. Are Asking for Better Pay and More Telework

In a pair of letters, a professional association representing the prosecutors said the department should improve pay and working conditions to keep pace with legal employers in the private sector.

Workforce

EEOC Delays Employee Office Reentry Amid Omicron Surge

The civil rights agency originally planned to bring bargaining unit employees back in February, but union officials said management did not properly consult them.

Workforce

Report: 45% of All Federal Employees Teleworked in Fiscal 2020

The Office of Personnel Management’s latest annual telework report captures the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workforce

How to Avoid Achy Feet while Working at Home

One side effect of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic may come as a surprise: sore feet. Here are some tips on how to get relief.

Workforce

More Than 2,000 Feds Deployed As Biden Administration Looks to Fight Omicron Surge

Meanwhile, some agencies start returning to maximum telework after previously bringing employees back.

Workforce

Science Foundation and Union Clear the Air on Reentry, Remote Work Plans

In a message to employees, agency leaders provided a detailed timeline for returning to the office and implementing plans to adopt a hybrid work environment, and sought to assuage employee fears amid the rise of a new COVID variant.

Defense

Army Bring-Your-Own-Device Experiments Test New Security Concepts

The service is “setting the stage” to try new communications ideas in the Pacific.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: How to Manage Working Parents During the Pandemic

Dr. Ellen Ernst Kossek joins the podcast to discuss how managers can help their employees' work-life balance.

Workforce

Science Foundation Director Faces Employee Backlash Over Reentry Announcement

Union officials say the NSF director appears to be slow-walking implementation of a hybrid work environment, including remote work and telework, following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: The Federal Workplace of the Future

Eric Katz speaks to NASA's John Dankanich and HHS' Michael Peckham about how the pandemic has changed the way feds work.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Teamwork During Remote Work

Management expert Melodie Carlson joins the podcast to discuss how to manage a team during telework.

Workforce

House Panel Examines Recruitment and Telework for the ‘Next Generation’ of Feds

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said Wednesday that he is introducing legislation to reform the federal government’s internship programs and writing a bill to expand agencies’ metrics regarding telework following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workforce

GovExec Today: Why Feds Thrive in Remote and Hybrid Work

Workplace expert Dr. Karen Sobel Lojeski joins the podcast to discuss the telework environment for public servants.

Workforce

OPM Encourages Agencies to Expand Telework, Remote Work Permanently in New Guidance

The Office of Personnel Management on Friday issued its first major update to its telework guide in a decade.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Planning for Office Reentry

Erich Wagner speaks to two agency human capital officers about the future of work.

Management

SBA’s Elias Hernandez on Telework and Distributing Relief During the Pandemic

The agency “has not missed a beat,” and will be updating its policies on remote work for the long haul, says chief human capital officer.

Workforce

GOP Bill Would Send Vaccinated Feds Back to Offices

Republican calls for agencies to resume in-person services clash with Biden administration plans to make telework more readily available to federal workers.

Management

What Do Federal Workers Really Want?

New research sheds light on how to support and retain top talent.