Joe Biden

OPM outlines how agencies, unions can recreate labor-management forums

If implemented effectively, labor-management forums can improve employee satisfaction, engagement and performance, while also mitigating disputes, OPM said.

Unions

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

Workforce

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2025 budget request cutting a few discretionary accounts

Budget

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New instructions to help agencies to re-establish relationships with federal employee unions

Federal Newscast

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships for skills-based hiring

Workforce

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

Biden EO aims to safeguard sensitive data on fed employees, facilities

Cybersecurity

Schedule F plans show ‘far higher’ impact on federal workforce than first anticipated, NTEU warns

Workforce

New direct hire authority aims to assist agencies with AI talent surge

Artificial Intelligence

Here are the actual 2024 federal pay raises, based on employees’ locations

Pay

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Biden finalizes 2024 federal pay raise for civilian employees

President Joe Biden signed an executive order implementing an average 5.2% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2024, the final step needed…

Pay & Benefits

Seven federal agencies band together to form new ‘Climate Corps’

In today’s Federal Newscast: Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh has been nominated to be the next NSA director and commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Seven federal agencies…

Federal Newscast

Cyber rotation program aims to boost skills, retention of federal employees

Cybersecurity

In the hopes of boosting employee retention, the Office of Personnel Management launched a new platform for agencies to advertise openings in a cyber workforce rotation program.