Management
Biden Proposes Major Spending Boost for Civilian Agencies in Fiscal 2022
The administration is requesting a 16% increase in non-defense discretionary funding to harness the government's power to solve multiple crises.
Management
White House Blames Transition in Part for Delay in Releasing Budget Preview
Not having a confirmed budget office leader was another factor, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Defense
Biden Taps Current, Former Defense Officials to Oversee Acquisition, Budget, Intel at Pentagon
A former comptroller would return to the job if the Senate approves.
Management
Former Top Trump Official Recounts Early Days of the Pandemic
Joe Grogan was Domestic Policy Council director and a White House COVID task force member.
Management
New Task Force Will Conduct Sweeping Review of Scientific Integrity Policies
The governmentwide review will look at policies and political interference in science over the last two administrations.
Management
Biden Administration is Still Working on Plan for Border Wall Contracts
A government watchdog is reviewing if the pause in construction violated a budget law.
Oversight
Migrants, Including Children, Face Cramped Conditions at South Texas Border Patrol Facility
Images released by a Democratic U.S. representative show settings similar to those that Democrats hammered former President Donald Trump over two years ago, when that administration encountered an increase of migrant apprehensions
Management
4 Reasons No President Should Want to Give a Press Conference
While democracy requires accountability from presidents, presidents may lose stature, not gain it, by holding a press conference.
Management
White House Reminds Agencies to Get Its Approval on Policy Proposals and Certain Communications
Goal is to ensure the administration "speaks with one voice."
Management
Biden Nominates Kiran Ahuja for OPM Director
Ahuja, who previously served as the agency’s chief of staff during the Obama administration, would be the first South Asian and the first Asian American woman to lead the federal government’s HR department.
Oversight
House Republicans Call for Accounting of Unused COVID Relief Funds
Effort seeks to bolster transparency and accountability as Congress and the president are working to pass the next aid package.
Defense
Biden: ‘I Will Never Politicize’ US Troops
Biden also announced a new Pentagon-led review of military strategy towards China.
Management
Trump Wasn't the First President to Try to Politicize the Civil Service – Which Remains at Risk of Returning to Jackson’s ‘Spoils System’
For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
Management
How Anthony Fauci Survived Donald Trump
The new White House chief medical adviser explains what it was really like to work for an administration that tried constantly to undermine him.
Defense
US Flies B-52 Bomber To Gulf In Show of Force Against Iran
“We were also thinking…'Would they try to test the U.S. military in the early days of the new administration?'”
Management
Biden Aims for Federal Contractors to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage
He directed his administration to work on an executive order within his first 100 days.
Management
Biden Pauses Construction on the Border Wall
The president also ordered a review of all funding and contracts.
Management
Biden Seeks to Halt or Delay Trump’s ‘Midnight Regulations’
The new president took several immediate actions to start undoing Trump’s deregulatory agenda.
Management
Don’t Expect Trump’s Workforce Policies to Be Reversed Overnight
With the Biden team focused on issues like COVID response and immigration reform, significant action to rescind the Trump administration’s harmful federal workforce policies could take a back seat.
Management