Management
GovExec Daily: How to Make The Customer Service Order Work
Stan Soloway joins the podcast to discuss the administration's priorities.
Management
Top Lawmakers Hold 'Constructive' Meeting on 2022 Funding as Another Stopgap Shutdown-Avoiding Measure Looms
Biden administration warns of drastic impacts if Congress resorts to another continuing resolution.
Nextgov
Report Outlines How Government Contact Centers of Tomorrow Should Operate
Contact centers engage tens of millions of Americans each year.
Management
Agency Strengthens Support for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Federal Contracting
The Indian Health Service announced a final rule to further the Buy Indian Act.
Workforce
Postal Service Off the Hook for Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Following Supreme Court Ruling
USPS had warned implementing the rule would have "catastrophic" results.
Pay & Benefits
Hill Proposal Would Give Federal Employees a 5.1% Average Pay Raise in 2023
A bill from Democratic lawmakers would provide federal workers with a 4.1% across-the-board boost, along with an average 1% increase in locality pay.
Pay & Benefits
The TV Commercials Made Me Do It
For federal retirees, Medicare enrollment decisions are more complicated than the ads make it seem.
Nextgov
FBI Officials Clarify What the Bureau Wants in Cyber Incident Reporting Bill
However the legislation is eventually passed, CISA plans to share reports with the FBI and other agencies, a Homeland Security official said.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: More Tax Season Concerns; FDA Administrator Nomination Advances
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
Military Chiefs Sound Alarm at Proposal to Hold 2022 Spending to Last Year’s Level
In Wednesday testimony to lawmakers, service leaders decry what would be a record-breaking continuing resolution.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The New COVID-19 Guidance for Feds
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the testing system for feds who interact with the public.
Management
Postal Board Elects DeJoy Ally as New Chairman
Former postal union official will serve as vice chair.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Announces New Schools Offering Discounted Tuition to Feds
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
White House Charts Course for Better Protections of Civil Servant Scientists
New report calls for improved policies prohibiting interference and clearer punishments for those who meddle in scientific work.
Management
Almost One Year In: Biden’s Track Record on Nominations and Confirmations
The process underscores the challenges with so many positions needing Senate confirmation, the Partnership for Public Service said in a new report.
Workforce
Merit Systems Protection Board Passes 5-Year Mark Without a Quorum
Without a quorum, the board is unable to issue decisions for appeals, leaving thousands in limbo and a critical part of the civil service system non-functional.
Defense
Private Group Keeps Afghanistan Evacuations Flying Despite Ground Halt
Group leader: “There are Americans saying, ‘Help me, help me, help me.’ And the State Department is saying, ‘Fill out your form in triplicate.’”
Defense
US Navy May Put Autonomous Tech on Crewed Ships to Prevent Collisions
It’s the same technology already being used on uncrewed vessels.
Tech
From Delta to Omicron, Here’s How Scientists Know Which Coronavirus Variants Are Circulating in the US
A nationwide genomic surveillance system analyzes positive COVID-19 tests to build a picture of which variants are spreading in the population.
Workforce