Workforce
The IRS Announces a New Office That Will Focus on Taxpayer Experience
One of several lines of effort at the IRS to improve customer experience is digital services, which will include efforts ranging from digital signatures to expanded online payment options.
Management
Clarifying the CDC's COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Guidelines – An Infectious Disease Doc Looks at the Latest Research
The CDC’s controversial recommendation changes are based on new studies showing that most omicron transmission takes place within five days of the onset of illness
Workforce
Fed Workers Should Be Careful About Donating Directly to Ukraine’s Military
Donations to an overseas government or agent have to be reported, and federal employees are responsible for ensuring their donation goes where it should.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Oversight Committee is Expanding its Investigation into Trump's Records
Natalie Alms joins the podcast to discuss the House probe into the previous administration's records policies.
Employee Policy
Chief Human Capital Officers need to be empowered
Greater collaboration between CHCOs and agency execs, as well as with OPM, is needed to upgrade hiring and retention in the federal workforce.
Benefits
Bill offers short-term disability insurance for feds
A bill just re-introduced in Congress, if passed, would let feds purchase short-term disability insurance at reasonable rates.
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Management
A New Rule Aims to Boost Biden’s ‘Made in America’ Program
The update to the Buy American Act would build on the administration’s push to get federal agencies using more domestic products and services.
Tech
Social Security Seeks $2.4B in IT Funding and Looks Ahead After 5-Year Modernization Plan
Included in the ask is more than $1.5 billion in IT services, representing a 40% increase over the previous year.
Defense
Air Force Special Operations Is Looking To Reinvent Itself On the Cheap
Cargo planes that drop cruise missiles from pallets and land on water show how air special operators are trying to trick out what they’ve already got on the tarmac.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: DOJ Amps Up its COVID-19 Fraud Efforts
Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Oversight
House Panel Advances DHS Acquisition Bills
Two bills seeking to improve oversight of the Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition programs were passed out of committee in a markup on Wednesday, along with a number of other measures.
Defense
The U.S. and Russia Agree to a Deconfliction Hotline As Putin’s Attack On Ukraine Escalates
Russia has fired almost 500 missiles at Ukrainian targets.
Oversight
What’s Holding Up the COVID Vaccines for Children Under 5?
For months, parents have been told COVID vaccines for their little ones are coming. But opaque communication from the FDA, shifting timelines, delays and misinformation have left parents frustrated and confused. Here’s everything we know at the moment.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: What Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Face on the Road to Confirmation
Dr. Emerald Christopher-Byrd joins the podcast to discuss Biden's Supreme Court nominee.
Employee Policy
MSPB: Fed employee appeals board is functioning again
Senate takes action on MSPB nominees for the first time in five years.
Workforce
Denied Protest Offers Lessons About Hiring Former Feds
Important questions about hiring former government officials are raised in this lost protest over a $2.5 billion NASA enterprise IT contract, which all parties made reasonable arguments in.
Defense
Russia’s Invasion Will Boost 2023 Defense Budget, Top Democrat Says
Rep. Adam Smith: Putin’s war “fundamentally altered what our national security posture” needs to be.
Oversight
‘Deeply Disturbing’ Watchdog Report Examines How Interior Handled FOIA Requests Under Trump
Other agencies have in the past put the record requests through additional reviews.
Management
Chief Human Capital Officers Need to Be Empowered to Really Transform Federal HR, Experts Say
More collaboration between chief human capital officers and agency executives and the Office of Personnel Management is needed to improve the hiring and retention of the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits