Management
How Can Federal Anti-Trafficking Efforts Advance Racial Equity?
A group of federal agencies want to know in order to further President Biden’s priorities.
Workforce
The Justice Dept.’s Diversity Officer Job Listing Requires a Salary History, Despite a Mandate Discouraging the Practice
Asking job candidates about their salary histories has been shown to lead to pay disparities across genders and ethnicities, and President Biden has tasked the Office of Personnel Management with finding a way to ban its use at federal agencies.
Tech
GovExec Daily: The NSF Director Says Science Is Leading the Way
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan joins the podcast to discuss the agency's efforts to promote STEM education and to unlock the potential in all American communities.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Taking Steps to Create More Equity in Government
Deloitte's Shrupti Shah joins the podcast to discuss how OPM is implementing the administration's DEI order.
Tech
Building Machines that Work for Everyone – How Diversity of Test Subjects Is a Technology Blind Spot, and What to Do about It
It’s easy for researchers to fall back on using test subjects from the communities around them – students and employees. Branching out is key to avoiding technology that fails certain populations.
Management
OPM Issues Guidance on Agency Hiring of Chief Diversity Officers
The memo builds off President Biden’s executive order aimed at improving the diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility of federal agencies.
Workforce
OPM To Publish Rule Implementing Law Protecting Feds from Discrimination, Whistleblower Retaliation
The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act requires agencies to publish instances when they discriminated or retaliated against federal workers and encourages agencies to punish federal employees responsible for such acts.
Management
White House Diversity Strategic Plan Focuses on Equity in Hiring and Pay
Many of the administration’s strategies dovetail with its efforts to revitalize the federal workforce.
Management
Diversity in Government Digital Services a Win-Win
Investing in minority- and women-owned small companies is a smart choice for both agencies and the customers they serve.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Urge TSP to Include Diverse Managers in Mutual Fund Window
Group of Democratic lawmakers cites multiple studies that found that women- and minority-run asset managers were more likely to outperform financial markets.
Management
A Historic Swearing in at the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Dr. Rachel Levine became the United States’ first openly transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the corps.
Management
Democratic Lawmakers Offer Advice for White House Racial Equity Initiative
Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., stress that agencies must take a data-based approach to ensure underserved communities do not encounter barriers to access federal programs.
Management
The Three Keys to Providing More Equitable Government Services
The path forward requires a fundamental shift in how federal programs are designed and implemented.
Management
GovExec Daily: How the Federal Government Can Impact Diversity and Equity
Deloitte's Shrupti Shah joins the podcast to discuss DEI initiatives being pursued by the Biden administration.
Pay & Benefits
Career Prosecutors Continue Push for Pay Equity
According to Justice Department statistics, only 65% of assistant U.S. attorneys are paid equivalent to a GS-15 or above, while the attorney corps at several other subcomponents are over 90% GS-15s.
Management
Deb Haaland Asks America to Teach the History It Doesn’t Want to Repeat
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, first Native American Cabinet member, said that "history doesn't change," but that "we can choose not to learn about it."
Workforce
OPM Rule Eases Agency Hiring of Interns
Under regulations slated for publication Wednesday, agencies will be able to hire job candidates still in college to temporary jobs and can eventually convert them to permanent positions.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Diversity and the Importance of Data Collection
Courtney Bublé talks to diversity officers from four different agencies about the ways to encourage DEI in government.
Pay & Benefits
Groups Push for End to Justice Dept. Pay Gap, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management