Pay & Benefits
Presidential Hopeful Aims to Give Feds Faster Access to Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal employees would no longer have to wait until they had served 10 years.
Route Fifty
No More Cauliflower Rice? Louisiana Could Outlaw Certain Food Labels
State lawmakers are joining a trend in agricultural states of trying to define what foods can be marketed as milk or meat, while also banning terms like cauliflower or broccoli rice.
Management
Democrats Ramp Up Attacks on Agriculture’s Planned Office Relocations
With a site announcement imminent, lawmakers demand documents and move to block plan.
Nextgov
The President’s Office Is Hiring An App Developer
The single-award contract will cover the entire lifecycle of development and maintenance for all apps used by the Executive Office of the President.
Management
How to Get Your Micromanager Boss to Back Off
There’s one thing you need to know and three steps you can take.
Oversight
Lawmakers Want the Final Say on Air Force One Paint Job
A House panel has drafted legislation that would require congressional approval if Trump wants to change the Kennedy-era livery.
Management
Labor Authority Chairwoman Defends Decisions to Decertify Union, Close Regional Offices
Democratic lawmakers blasted decisions that overturned decades of agency precedent, and suggested Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairwoman Colleen Duffy Kiko was untruthful in her testimony.
Management
Labor Department Asks USDA to Reconsider Job Corps Center Decision
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue had planned to eliminate the centers—and 1,100 federal jobs—from USDA’s portfolio, but lawmakers, and apparently President Trump, have other ideas.
Management
Intel Community Watchdog Now Runs Revamped Whistleblower Center
Remake to ensure protected disclosures comes after shakeup at ombudsman’s program.
Nextgov
16 Things OMB Wants Agencies to Accomplish in the Data Strategy's First Year
Agencies and other stakeholders have until July 5 to comment on the draft action plan, which includes hard deliverables for all of government.
News
Federal Pay Reform: The More Things Change…
When it comes to commissions, studies and recommendations, everything old is new again.
Management
Democrats Set Up Another Spending Fight By Proposing Not to Fund Border Wall or Agents
House spending bill would allow for hiring elsewhere in the Homeland Security Department.
Route Fifty
This State May Allow Restaurants to Accept Food Stamp Benefits
A bill awaiting the governor's signature in Illinois would give some SNAP recipients the option to use their benefits at restaurants and to purchase hot prepared food at grocery stores.
Oversight
Incoming and Outgoing Congressional Budget Office Chiefs Praise Staff for Independence
Agency’s culture is “fearless” in producing scores and not worrying about the political consequences, outgoing director Keith Hall says.
Nextgov
GSA Announces New On-Call Vendors for Centers of Excellence
The agency can tap a pool of 22 vendors for modernization initiatives.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Advances Spending Bill With 3.1% Pay Raise for Feds
The measure also would block the Trump administration’s plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
Route Fifty
Virginia Governor to Call a Special Session to Address Gun Violence
Following the death of 12 people in a Virginia Beach mass shooting, the Virginia governor will reintroduce a package of gun control bills rejected by lawmakers this year.
Nextgov
Critical Update: Get Stuff Done
Except he didn’t say “stuff.” Defense Digital Service co-founders join the podcast to talk security clearances, big cloud procurements and plenty of Star Wars.
Oversight
The Big Names Missing From the Mueller Hearings
The star witness of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Mueller report won’t be Robert Mueller.
Management