Management

USPS loses $9.5B in FY24 and says another red year is coming

Postal management remains committed to DeJoy's reforms, saying it is showing positive signs.

Management

CISA Director Jen Easterly to depart on Inauguration Day

Easterly and Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan are set to leave as an administration change casts doubt on the agency’s future. 

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Senate confirms Biden’s ethics czar, who will remain under Trump

Senate Democrats use dwindling floor time to confirm a new head for the government's ethics office, with whom Trump administration often butted heads in his first term.

Updated Management

Which of Trump's nominees have been confirmed?

These individuals will hold huge sway in enacting the president's policies toward federal employees.

Management

Could a new Trump administration push for another federal hiring freeze?

The president-elect's previous experience with a governmentwide 79-day halt to agency hiring could inform his new approach to the federal workforce, if those lessons still apply. 

Management

Satisfaction with government hits record high just before a new Trump admin 

The incoming Trump administration casts an uncertain light on the customer experience gains made in recent years.

Management

One federal agency hasn’t ensured its employee gyms are safe and secure, OIG says

The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s inspector general sent out a management alert warning that the agency’s fitness facilities were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as multiple OPM and GSA regulations. 

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House Republicans say they’ll confer with Trump on shutdown avoidance plans

Republican leaders are weighing another stopgap bill, but want to consider Trump's preference.

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USPS is still rushing ballot delivery in 18 states still accepting them

The Postal Service is continuing to take special steps to ensure valid ballots can still be counted.

Management

Industry execs weigh potential impacts of presidential transition

A group of senior leaders at government contractors outline the challenges and opportunities they see in a second Trump term.

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Trump has ‘intent’ to engage in transition and Biden will help, White House says

The Biden administration is telling career employees to be helpful, though Trump's team so far has declined to engage in the process.

Management

Trusted Workforce is the kind of bipartisan, broad government reform we need

COMMENTARY | Creating better, more agile processes for onboarding federal workers, is an example of the kind of reform that’s difficult, but not impossible when government agencies and the executive and legislative branches work together, writes one observer.

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Harris concession opens agencies to Trump—if he opts in

The president-elect typically sends teams into federal agencies to receive briefings and set priorities, but Trump needs to take another step first.

Management

An agency-by-agency look at Trump's plan to overhaul government

The president-elect's vision will lead to sweeping changes at federal agencies and the employees who work in them.

Management

How government leaders can maintain momentum amidst changing administrations

COMMENTARY | These recommendations may help maximize your time in a leadership role.

Management

What Trump’s win means for the federal workforce

The Republican former president has vowed to remake the civil service in his image with the reinstatement of Schedule F.

Management

Bill calls for interagency task force to help prevent political violence

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., calls for standing up a two-year advisory body from across the federal government tasked with helping respond to or prevent political and hate-motivated violence.

Management

Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity

Created by the Labor Appropriations Act of 1924, the Border Patrol's full mission under the law was to “safeguard our borders” and “enhance the nation’s economic prosperity.”

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Agencies have completed their pre-election transition briefings. Trump may still not get them on time.

The former president is still sidestepping the government's transition process, and if he wins that could cause roadblocks as he seeks to take control of agencies.