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OPM Issues More Guidance to Encourage Collective Bargaining at Agencies
Building on President Biden’s executive order encouraging more collaborative labor-management relations, OPM strongly encouraged federal agencies to improve unions’ ability to communicate with workers and collect dues.
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Less Than a Week after Social Security Offices Reopen, Unions Report a Mixed Bag
Although some components reported a more collaborative labor-management relationship, that did not extend to field office employees, who now report feeling physically threatened at work.
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GovExec Daily: The Problems with the Proposed USDA Regs
Stan Soloway joins the podcast to discuss new labor rules at Agriculture.
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What Federal Acquisition Personnel Can Do Right Now to Support Sustainability
Federal officials and government purchasing experts showed off tools and resources to help make federal procurement and acquisitions more sustainable and energy efficient.
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GovExec Daily: Customer Service During a Difficult Tax Season
Courtney Bublé discusses how the IRS is handling staff cuts and a lack of funding with Erin Collins and John Koskinen.
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USPS Converted 63,000 Non-Career Employees to Permanent Jobs Over the Last Year
The Postal Service is promising new reforms to "all aspects of our operations" in the coming years.
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Coronavirus Roundup: $60 Million Grants Awarded for Public Health AmeriCorps; DOD Consolidates COVID Guidance
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
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Job Seekers Will Sacrifice Money for Diversity at Work
A significant number of job applicants will sacrifice salary to work somewhere with greater diversity, research finds.
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Appeals Court Reinstates Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees
Agencies will soon be able to start punishing unvaccinated workers.
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GovExec Daily: Biden's Budget Has a Big Pay Raise In It For Feds
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the blueprint's workforce provisions.
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Agency Officials Defend Biden's Proposed Hiring Surges to Congress
USCIS, for example, says it cannot respond to immigration emergencies without more staff.
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Inglis Says He Won't 'Dictate' Cyber Workforce Policy
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said that part of his job in the cybersecurity workforce arena will be ensuring that the roles of different agencies are coordinated.
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GovExec Daily: The Remote Work Disconnect
Dr. Brianna Caza joins the podcast to discuss how organizations can foster connection during hybrid work.
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Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health
Many sleep scientists maintain that people who prefer to stay up late could improve their mental and physical health by synchronizing their natural sleep cycles with workday demands. The flexible work schedules that came with COVID's work-from-home trend, according to one new study, backs up this idea.
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Tomorrow’s COVID Safety Guidelines Will Be Different from Today’s – but that Doesn’t Mean Yesterday’s Were Wrong
The constantly changing COVID-19 rules can be frustrating. But this pandemic is like no other public health crisis in history. It is better to think of the virus and US responses the way we think about hurricanes.
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Federal Employees Can Now Concurrently Hold Partisan Elected Office
Holding political office had previously been considered a violation of the Hatch Act.
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Coronavirus Roundup: A New Calculator Helps You Figure Out What to Do After a COVID-19 Exposure
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
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The Hiring Surges in Biden's 2023 Budget Proposal
Just one major agency is proposing a cut to its workforce.
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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.
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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.
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