Oversight
A Bill Would Repeal an Expensive Tax Rule For Public Servants
Rep. Abigail Spanberger joins the podcast to discuss her plan to put money in feds' and retirees' pockets.
Management
Biden’s Dilemma, Part 5: He Needs More Government Rebuilders on His Side
The latest in a series of infographics on Americans’ views of government reform heading into the 2024 election.
Management
Biden’s Dilemma, Part 4: The 2024 Election Will Be Fought Between Republican Dismantlers and Democratic Rebuilders
The latest in a series of infographics on Americans’ views of government reform heading into the 2024 election.
Workforce
The Social Security Administration Workforce is Burning Out
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to workforce issues at SSA.
Pay & Benefits
Debt Ceiling Concerns, the New Postal Health Plan Rule, and More Reaction to the COVID Hazard Pay Setback
News updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Biden’s Dilemma, Part 3: Public Demand for ‘Very Major’ Government Reform is Running High
The latest in a series of infographics on Americans’ views of government reform heading into the 2024 election.
Management
Biden’s Dilemma, Part 2: Americans Are Divided on the Size of Government
The latest in a series of infographics on Americans’ views of government reform heading into the 2024 election.
Workforce
IRS Strategic Plan Vows to Amp Up Audits of the Rich
With $80 billion in new funding, the previously gutted agency pledged to renew its pursuit of wealthy tax dodgers and address a number of problems that ProPublica has been reporting on in recent years.
Management
Biden’s Dilemma, Part 1: The Federal Government’s Job Rating Has Dropped By Half
The first in a series of infographics on Americans’ views of government reform heading into the 2024 election.
Workforce
Fixing Veterans' Preference Can Fix Federal Hiring
Angela Bailey and Jeffrey Neal join the podcast to discuss personnel modernization.
Workforce
The Federal Government Can Expand Opportunities for Veterans and Simplify Hiring, Too
A less complex hiring process that puts merit front and center would eliminate the need for most of the 102 or more hiring authorities currently in place.
Tech
The Trends Reshaping Government Work This Year
William D. Eggers joins the podcast to discuss a new Deloitte report.
Pay & Benefits
VA Will No Longer Use Its Marquee Civil Service Reform Law to Punish Employees
The Biden administration unwinds a key Trump legislative victory, citing a series of setbacks the law has endured.
Workforce
The Federal Government Paid Out Nearly $70 Million From Discrimination Cases in 2020
A majority of the 14,000 cases filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by federal workers alleged retaliation.
Management
3 Customer Experience Tips for Feds from Feds
Two professional customer experience experts offered advice for other practitioners across the federal ranks this month.
Workforce
Should Feds Be Afraid of a Second Trump Term?
Stuart Shapiro joins the podcast to discuss the effects of the former president's attacks on the civil service.
Workforce
Trump Vows to ‘Shatter the Deep State,’ Revive Schedule F and Move More Agencies Out of DC
The former president also said that if reelected in 2024, he will crack down on whistleblowers.
Workforce
Biden Is Rebuilding the Federal Workforce… Slowly
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss how the White House has fared in fixing the "hollowed out" workforce.
Workforce
DeSantis Endorses Schedule F Ahead of Possible Presidential Run
The Florida governor, widely expected to run for president in 2024, called for “cleaning out” science agencies like the CDC, NIH and FDA.
Pay & Benefits