Management
Once Again, Lawmakers Ask if It's Time to Codify the Federal CIO Role
Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House panel about the importance of involving technologists in decision-making early and often.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Protecting the Professional Civil Service
The Professional Managers Association's Chad Hooper joins the podcast to discuss the Preventing a Patronage System Act.
Workforce
The House Has Approved a Bill to Prevent Future Schedules F
Despite the support of more than 30 good government groups, Republicans remained largely opposed to the measure.
Workforce
Agencies Probe AI's Impact on the American Workplace
The top official at the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs said that government contractors have an "especially important role to play" in ensuring that automated technology in the workplace doesn't discriminate against qualified job-seekers.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Getting Things Done in a Bureaucracy
Former agency officials Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai join the podcast to discuss their new book.
Management
GovExec Daily: 'Public Service Is a Very, Very High Calling,' Fauci Says
Anthony Fauci speaks to Courtney Bublé about his career, his advice for young scientists and NIAID's monkeypox strategy.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Law That Transformed the Civil Service
Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss the Pendleton Act
Management
That Time Reformers Took on Cronyism, Nepotism and Alcoholism in the Federal Workforce
How the Pendleton Act created the modern civil service.
Management
USDA Plans ‘Historic’ Funding to Help Struggling Farmers and Develop New Ag Leaders
“The idea here obviously is to enlarge the number of people that are engaged in this very important occupation and calling,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: VOA is 'Looking For Impact,' Says Chief
Courtney Bublé talks to Yolanda López, acting director of Voice of America, about leadership, managing crises and the agency.
Management
GovExec Daily: Don't Ignore Government Performance Metrics
Shelley Metzenbaum joins the podcast to discuss why more people should pay attention to performance reports.
Oversight
Commentary: Your Plane Landed Safely — Thank the Bureaucrats at the FAA
The "administrative state" is not as scary as it sounds.
Workforce
White House Can't Just Retaliate Against and Discipline Its Employees Willy-Nilly, Panel Rules
Non-political appointees at the White House are now entitled to civil service protections.
Tech
Mobile Threats Prompt Operational Changes for Governments
More than 80% of public sector respondents to a recent survey said they have been forced to re-evaluate workplace practices as attacks on mobile devices grow.
Workforce
Don’t Fear the Public Service Reform Act
A former chief human capital officer says it is time to re-center and simplify the rules to balance individual fairness and organizational effectiveness in the federal government.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Decision That May Upset the Administrative State
Don Kettl joins the podcast to discuss the Supreme Court's decision that could change the regulatory state.
Workforce
Senate Dems Have Joined the Push to Block Schedule F
As Republican groups discuss plans to reinstitute the controversial plan to strip tens of thousands of federal workers of their civil service protections, congressional Democrats have renewed their efforts to block it.
Workforce
'There Needs to Be a Reckoning': Republicans Introduce a Bill to Make Feds At-Will Employees
The legislation, along with recent talk of a renewed effort to implement Schedule F, makes clear that a “major assault” on the federal civil service is coming, regardless of who the next Republican presidential nominee will be.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Schedule F Might Be Coming Back
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss one of the Trump administration's signature workforce policies.
Workforce