Workforce
How Zoom Messed up Access for Disabled Users
"Zoom's update didn't so much solve inaccessibility as shine a spotlight on it," writes Courtney Wade. But there are actions we can take to improve our workplaces.
Management
The Future of Work Is Flexible
Even for national security workers, remote work options will be more prevalent in the post-COVID era.
Defense
Defense Leaders Can Mitigate Telework Risks
Remote work promises to make the workforce more responsive and efficient, but it also presents significant security challenges, a former ODNI cyber chief says.
Workforce
New OPM Director Committed to 'Rebuilding' the HR Agency, Federal Workforce
Ahuja says she wants the agency to reassert itself in helping departments governmentwide become model 21st century employers.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Patent and Trademark Office's Approach to Hybrid Work
PTO's Telework Program Office Director Danette Campbell spoke to GovExec about the successes of her agency's telework approach.
Workforce
OPM Wants to See More Telework, Remote Work and ‘Maxiflex’ Schedules Post-COVID
Guidance published late last week promotes telework and other flexibilities as retention and recruitment tools.
Workforce
Back to Work? Here's How to Help Your Dog Cope
Millions of people returning to the workplace means millions of dogs left home alone. "This is something that's a big deal for a dog..."
Pay & Benefits
OPM Issues Guidance on Telework, Pay and Travel As Feds Return to Offices
The 38-page document assists agencies with short- and long-term planning.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: OPM's Role in This Stage of the Pandemic
Katherine McIntire Peters talks to Office of Personnel Management's Rob Shriver about the future of the civil service.
Oversight
GAO: Coast Guard Can Do More to Monitor Telework Use
Early in the pandemic, the service suffered from inadequate bandwidth and a laptop shortage, although those issues were alleviated by summer 2020.
Pay & Benefits
GPO To Offer Full-Time Telework After COVID
Around one-third of the agency’s 1,500 employees will be able to work entirely remotely, and officials said some will be able to move out of the Washington, D.C., area.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Federal In-Person Office Policies and the 'Honor System'
Federal employment attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully joins the show to discuss vaccination proof and agency's – and feds' – risks.
Workforce
House Spending Bill Pushes Social Security to Reverse Trump-era Workforce Changes
Language accompanying the bill orders a report by the end of 2021 on telework, and urges the agency to reverse actions that undercut the independence of administrative law judges.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: How Effective Are Feds During 'Maximum Telework?'
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss Rep. Jody Hice's request for information on the pandemic's effect on mission delivery.
Management
Appeals Court Overrules FLRA on Telework Negotiability
A federal circuit court judge said a Federal Labor Relations Authority ruling improperly ignored provisions preserving management rights to deny telework requests.
Workforce
Top Republican Calls for IG Investigations Into Feds’ Telework Productivity During Pandemic
An oversight subcommittee ranking member, Jody Hice, blasted the White House for seeking a permanent increase in federal remote work without first seeking more data about the impact on agency missions.
Management
Biden Administration to Lift Capacity Caps at Federal Worksites
Agencies may set their own limits on how many federal employees can return to the office beginning next month, and in the meantime, the federal government will maintain its maximum telework posture.
Management
Biden Ends Trend of Benefit-Cutting Budgets, But New Federal Workforce Initiatives Are Still Being Developed
Most of the workforce provisions outlined in the president’s first budget submission are vague references to policies that will be part of the forthcoming president's management agenda.
Workforce