Management
Trump Orders Agencies to Tackle Coronavirus-Related Mental Health Challenges
A multi-agency working group must develop a plan within 45 days.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Revive Push to Make Feds’ Payroll Tax Deferral Optional
The effort to pressure the Trump administration into allowing federal employees to opt out of the controversial initiative to delay collection of Social Security taxes until next year is now bipartisan.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: White House Objects to FDA’s Proposed Vaccine Guidelines; EPA Union Members Vote ‘No Confidence’ on Wheeler
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
What Stakeholder Public Service Would Look Like
Leading companies have made commitments to their employees. Government should do the same.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Census Deadline
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss the Census Bureau's work on the 2020 count.
Route Fifty
Texas AG Says He Won’t Resign After Staff Accuse Him of Bribery and Other Wrongdoing
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Thousands of kids in Miami-Dade return to classrooms … Maine’s marijuana industry expected to get off to a sputtering start … de Blasio, Cuomo at odds over shutdown orders in some New York City neighborhoods.
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Local, State Officials Scramble to Recreate Covid-19 Restrictions After Court Strikes Michigan Governor’s Orders
The Michigan Supreme Court found that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did not have the authority to extend emergency coronavirus orders this spring, invalidating dozens of restrictions she put in place without collaboration with state lawmakers.
Management
How Federal Managers Can Improve Hiring Practices Right Now
We need to stop thinking of this as a selection process and start imagining what we can do to recruit better.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect All Feds’ Leave Following COVID
Although OPM’s current policy only waives the 30-day annual leave cap for essential employees who are unable to use their leave due to their duties responding to the coronavirus pandemic, Democrats in Congress want to extend the waiver to all federal workers.
Management
Biden Promises Cash Infusion, End of Prefunding Mandate for USPS
Former vice president says he would never privatize the Postal Service.
Nextgov
DHS Exempts Expanded Insider Threat Program From Key Privacy Act Provisions
The agency will be allowed to collect large amounts of data without having to follow several provisions regarding disclosure, relevance and the sharing of that information.
Management
OPM Memo Puts Pause on Diversity Training Across Government
The Trump administration is pushing forward with its controversial purge of training it deems “un-American.”
Workforce
Fauci and Other Exceptional Feds to Be Honored at Service to America Awards
Ten government winners among 27 finalists will be recognized at the annual “Oscars of government service.”
Management
We Have the Manufacturing Might to Fight COVID-19
What we lack is a national plan and coordination.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Secret Service and Doctors Condemn Trump’s Hospital Drive-By; White House, Not CDC, Pushed for Pandemic Migrant Policy
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
Pentagon Downplays National Security Concerns From Trump’s Diagnosis
...and some experts say they’re probably right.
Management
Even if Times Are Tough, Working Parents Are Happier on the Job
"When dads play a bigger role in childcare and doing routine housework, it puts both parents in a better position to succeed at work."
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Transition Work Before the Presidential Election
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the preparations being made already for the presidential transition.
Workforce
Science Untangles the Elusive Power and Influence of Hope in Our Lives
Hope – tied to action – can be a powerful catalyst for success."
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