Oversight

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Asylum Plan

The plan would overhaul the process for migrants seeking asylum, aiming to reduce the average wait time for a decision from five years to six months.

Defense

CEO: Boeing Should Have Rejected Trump’s Air Force One Deal

The company revealed that it has lost $660 million outfitting the next presidential jets—so far.

Management

Biden Signs Earth Day Executive Order to Protect Old-growth Forests

The order contains vague language around logging, disappointing some environmentalists calling for a ban on the practice on federal lands.

Management

Biden: Federal Agencies Must Consider Climate Impacts of Infrastructure Projects

The changes to the National Environmental Policy Act reverse Trump-era rollbacks, impacting projects from roads to railways to pipelines.

Tech

Opinion: Biden’s Plan to ‘End Cancer’ Borrows From an Old, Flawed Playbook

The President’s new health research enterprise is eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s ill-fated war on cancer.

Tech

The White House Is Looking to Focus Service Delivery Around 'Life Events'

The Biden administration is fleshing out a plan to organize government services around the needs of Americans and not around agency org charts.

Management

More Than 90 Agencies Release Their First-Ever Equity Plans

“For the first time Americans will see a full picture of what it looks like for the entire federal government to advance equity at once,” a senior administration official said.

Management

White House Takes Aim at Administrative Burdens

The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to cut down on administrative burdens people have to endure to get government benefits. It's using the 1995 Paperwork Reduction Act to do it.

Management

Biden Administration Announces a Boost for Rural Health Care in its Midterm Election Push

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet members are fanning out across the county to promote benefits coming to rural America from covid relief and infrastructure legislation.

Updated Management

Biden Tries Again For an ATF Nominee

The administration also announced new actions to crack down on “ghost guns.”

Management

The Senate Confirms a Supreme Court Nominee With Experience on Federal Employee Issues

Ketanji Brown Jackson overturned a trio of Trump executive orders that had made it easier to fire federal employees and limited union bargaining rights. 

Management

Federal Agencies Are Taking Steps to Make Benefits and Services More Transgender Inclusive

The Biden administration announced it will provide more options for gender identity on benefit applications and travel documentation, among other things. 

Defense

Biden’s $773B Request for Pentagon Stays Focused on China

As war rages in Europe, 2023 budget proposal continues the military’s shift from ground combat to high-tech weapons.

Management

The White House Boots Dr. Oz and Former NFL Player Herschel Walker Off an Advisory Council

Both are running for the Senate, which precludes them from serving on presidential boards under a Biden administration policy.

Workforce

GovExec Daily: Trump Workforce Policy Is Not Going Away

Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss a new bill that would bring back the former president's approach to federal personnel policy.