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It Just Got Easier for Feds to Vote and Work at Polls
New leave guidance is part of the Biden administration’s overall efforts to increase access to voting.
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GovExec Daily: Government Trends for 2022
Deloitte's William D. Eggers joins the podcast to discuss a new report.
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Postal Banking Isn’t Done Yet, Even Though It Was Stripped from the Recent Spending Package
Democrats have introduced a new postal banking bill and advocates are still hopeful USPS will expand a small pilot program it launched last year.
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Madeleine Albright, the First Female Secretary of State, Dies at 84
"Hers were the hands that turned the tide of history," President Biden said in a White House statement on Wednesday.
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The Labor Dept. Wants to Revise a Trump-Era Policy on Handling of Discrimination Claims Against Contractors
Department argues the changes would increase flexibility, efficiency and enforcement, but attorneys for contractors say the revisions would hurt transparency.
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Agencies Are Looking to Streamline Payment Data Collection in Contracting
The keepers of the federal government's acquisition rulebook – GSA, DOD and NASA – want to increase automation in payments to contractors.
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Trust in the Federal Government is Low, But Views of Feds Are Mostly Positive
A recent survey brought many high marks for federal employees and individual agencies.
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USPS Could Serve Nearly All Its Mail Routes in Electric Vehicles, a Watchdog Says
IG says it will probe contract to buy mostly internal combustion engine vans and trucks.
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Lawmakers Want to Improve Federal Agencies’ Financial Management
New bill would build on a 1990 law.
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Sharing COVID Vax Facts Inside ICE Detention, One Detainee at a Time
Thousands of ICE detainees nationwide have tested positive for COVID; 11 have died. Medical providers in California are volunteering to educate immigrants awaiting trial or deportation about COVID treatment and vaccination.
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A Bipartisan Bill Making It Easier for Agencies to Hire During Pandemics Is Gaining Momentum
The measure would also seek to improve interagency collaboration.
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The VA's New Health Record Is Still Putting Patients at Risk
The transition to Cerner's electronic health records system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane is still being hindered on multiple fronts more than a year after go-live.
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The IRS Plans to Add 200 Technologists
One of the things new techies at the IRS could work on is the modernization of its 60-year old core tax processing system, not slated to be done until 2030.
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Shalanda Young, a Working Mom, Is the First Woman of Color to Take Charge of America’s Budget
Young, the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, is one of more than 300 political appointees to be confirmed thus far.
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DOJ’s New FOIA Guidance Promotes Openness
The new guidelines follow bipartisan calls from lawmakers for updates.
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The Nationwide Trucker Shortage Has Hit the Postal Service
Recruiting and retaining both its own drivers and contractors is a big challenge.
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Lawmakers Are Considering Updates to Records Management Legislation
Experts told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Tuesday that updates to federal records legislation are needed to put the National Archives in charge of presidential records.
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The Senate Confirms Biden’s OMB Director
Shalanda Young has been serving as acting director since March 2021.
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Lawmakers Are Ramping Up Pressure for the Postal Service to Go Electric
Democrats want an investigation and to cancel the Postal Service's vehicle contract unless it purchases more EVs.
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