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Biden Should Act Like ‘CEO’ of Federal Workforce, Experts Suggest
Members of a working group at the National Academy of Public Administration said merely rolling back President Trump’s workforce policies will not be enough to empower federal employees—they will need active support from the top.
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Biden Team Says Transition Delay Could Hinder Vaccine Distribution
“More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” with the Trump administration, said President-elect Joe Biden earlier this week.
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The GS System Is a Barrier to Effective Governance
The rigidity of the General Schedule, the political pressure to control payroll costs, the importance of tenure and the restricted authority of managers all impede effective workforce management.
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Trump’s Purge of Defense Agencies Comes at a Vulnerable Time for U.S. National Security
Investigations of the 9/11 attacks show that a short, unstable transition between two presidents can weaken U.S security. Trump's sweeping staff changes compound the risk, experts say.
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Viewpoint: Whistleblowers are Democracy’s Last Defense
When brave individuals speak up against wrongdoing, they can mitigate the damage and prevent further harm.
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Dozens of Senators Introduce Bill Blocking Trump’s Order to Politicize the Civil Service
Legislation from a group of 40 Democrats would rescind President Trump’s executive order creating a new Schedule F classification of federal employees without civil service protections.
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Regulatory Affairs Veteran Shares Insights on Trump’s Cutbacks and What Lies Ahead for Biden
"Judge the person relative to what you want them to do," said Jim Tozzi, on selecting a new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator.
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Major Federal Employee Union Urges Biden to Restore Collaborative Labor Relations
NTEU publishes recommendations for the presidential transition, encouraging an end to President Trump’s antagonism of unions.
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Federal Panel Strips VA Worker Rights in Latest Pro-Management Decision
Although the Federal Service Impasses Panel scolded VA for its overbroad reliance on management rights to eviscerate its contract with a labor union, the panel still ruled mostly in the department’s favor.
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How Biden's Team Seeks to Mitigate the Impact of a Delayed Transition
As the Trump administration refuses to initiate statutorily required steps, Biden will tap into vast government experience.
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Lawmakers Urge Justice Department to Suspend Executions During Transition
President-elect Biden seeks to get rid of the death penalty, but the Trump administration has not formally recognized him as the winner.
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President-Elect Biden's New COVID-19 Task Force Gives the U.S. a Fresh Chance to Turn around a Public Health Disaster
Biden will begin his presidency in the midst of a global public health crisis that's already killed over 240,000 people in the US alone. His team is already planning how to get COVID-19 under control.
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GovExec Daily: The Stalled Presidential Transition
The Center for Presidential Transition's David Marchick joins the podcast to discuss what the Biden team is missing without ascertainment.
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Former GSA Administrator Reflects on Ascertaining the Election in 2016
“If there’s anything that I would point to, it is really how important this activity and moment is,” said Denise Turner Roth of the presidential transition.
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Federal Manager, Contractor Dead Following Explosion at VA Facility
Another contractor is missing, and three individuals are injured.
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Proposed Executive Order for Biden Would 'Reinvigorate' Federal Workforce, Make OPM a Cabinet-Level Agency
The National Academy of Public Administration has drafted a directive that would reverse Trump's workforce edicts and elevate the federal government's personnel agency.
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Postmaster General Previews New Reforms as USPS Announces $9B Loss for 2020
As previously promised, DeJoy signals significant changes are coming for the Postal Service.
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Viewpoint: Stop The Obstruction and Authorize the Transition
As precious days are lost, experts agree that nothing prohibits the GSA administrator from ascertaining the apparent election winner.
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Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine
A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections.
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