Management
Biden Administration is Still Working on Plan for Border Wall Contracts
A government watchdog is reviewing if the pause in construction violated a budget law.
Oversight
Migrants, Including Children, Face Cramped Conditions at South Texas Border Patrol Facility
Images released by a Democratic U.S. representative show settings similar to those that Democrats hammered former President Donald Trump over two years ago, when that administration encountered an increase of migrant apprehensions
Management
4 Reasons No President Should Want to Give a Press Conference
While democracy requires accountability from presidents, presidents may lose stature, not gain it, by holding a press conference.
Management
White House Reminds Agencies to Get Its Approval on Policy Proposals and Certain Communications
Goal is to ensure the administration "speaks with one voice."
Management
Biden Nominates Kiran Ahuja for OPM Director
Ahuja, who previously served as the agency’s chief of staff during the Obama administration, would be the first South Asian and the first Asian American woman to lead the federal government’s HR department.
Oversight
House Republicans Call for Accounting of Unused COVID Relief Funds
Effort seeks to bolster transparency and accountability as Congress and the president are working to pass the next aid package.
Defense
Biden: ‘I Will Never Politicize’ US Troops
Biden also announced a new Pentagon-led review of military strategy towards China.
Management
Trump Wasn't the First President to Try to Politicize the Civil Service – Which Remains at Risk of Returning to Jackson’s ‘Spoils System’
For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
Management
How Anthony Fauci Survived Donald Trump
The new White House chief medical adviser explains what it was really like to work for an administration that tried constantly to undermine him.
Defense
US Flies B-52 Bomber To Gulf In Show of Force Against Iran
“We were also thinking…'Would they try to test the U.S. military in the early days of the new administration?'”
Management
Biden Aims for Federal Contractors to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage
He directed his administration to work on an executive order within his first 100 days.
Management
Biden Pauses Construction on the Border Wall
The president also ordered a review of all funding and contracts.
Management
Biden Seeks to Halt or Delay Trump’s ‘Midnight Regulations’
The new president took several immediate actions to start undoing Trump’s deregulatory agenda.
Management
Don’t Expect Trump’s Workforce Policies to Be Reversed Overnight
With the Biden team focused on issues like COVID response and immigration reform, significant action to rescind the Trump administration’s harmful federal workforce policies could take a back seat.
Management
Why Trump’s Challenges to Democracy Will Be a Big Problem for Biden
Scholars of democracy say the real threat to the nation will come after Trump leaves office.
Defense
Donald Trump Won’t Attend Biden’s Inauguration. So How Will He Leave Washington?
The timing of the departure has numerous logistical implications, including the plane’s call sign.
Defense
Superspreader Down: How Trump’s Exile from Social Media Alters the Future of Politics, Security, and Public Health
Platform companies have finally come to grips with their roles as owners of battlefields.
Management
Cabinet Secretaries Condemn Violent Protests at U.S. Capitol
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Thursday she would leave office on January 11.
Management
Federal Agencies Respond to Riots at U.S. Capitol
The Justice, Homeland Security and Interior departments are among those involved.
Management
Global Media Agency Brings on New Broadcasting Network Heads
Michael Pack dismissed the previous ones shortly after coming into office in June.
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