Office of Management and Budget

Lawmakers push skills-based hiring for federal contractors

The bipartisan ACCESS Act, if enacted, would remove college degree requirements from jobs in the federal contracting space.

Hiring/Retention

OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

Management

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Biden administration locks in plans aiming to block Schedule F for good

Workforce

Last chance to take our survey: What do feds think about return-to-office?

Workforce

Return to office in 4 parts: Feds facing the pressure to reduce telework

Federal Report

FedRAMP’s overhaul begins with 28-near term initiatives

Cybersecurity

White House sets ‘binding requirements’ for agencies to vet AI tools before using them

Artificial Intelligence

Protected: High-Impact Service Providers leading a digital-first CX transformation across government

Federal Insights

Federal telework, work-life balance often top issues in collective bargaining

Unions

Cybersecurity IT engineers are working on protecting networks from cyber attacks from hackers on the Internet. Secure access to online privacy and personal data protection

Contractor lawyer’s take on that cybersecurity rule

Technology

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Budget

Senate to take $100M back from TMF, $10M from USDS

The 2024 spending bill cuts all federal IT modernization funds, including the TMF, the Federal Citizen Services and the IT Oversight and Reform accounts.

Budget

Workforce cohort outlines specific ‘blueprint’ for civil service reform

For civil service reform, agencies should use lessons learned from workforce pilots at other agencies, according to a recent report from Convergence.

Workforce

OPM prioritizing pooled hiring, HR workforce in 2025 budget

Budget

OPM’s request for $465.8 million in discretionary fiscal 2025 spending looks to scale up development of early-career talent, the HR workforce and more.