Workforce

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

Exclusive

VA reviewing 4,000 positions at risk of pay downgrade

Pay

With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

Federal Report

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Deputy Secretary Richard Verma participates in a recording session for Arizona State University’s diplomatic podcast, October 24, 2023.

State Dept workforce in ‘tough position’ with 13% staffing gap, says deputy secretary

Workforce

Dysfunction in Congress spoils the work life of congressional staff

Congress

Some lawmakers offer more teeth to Biden’s Schedule F takedown

Federal Newscast

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

Unions

Congressional staff, Congress, minibus, funding, budget

Understatement: Congress doesn’t function properly

Federal Report

Intelligence community gets a chief AI officer

Artificial Intelligence

Image representing concept of employees being fired through Schedule F.

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

Workforce

A quarter of federal employees feel burnout, causing high turnover and low morale, study finds

Workforce

Contractors feel the pinch of false claims act cases

Contractors feeling beset by false claims act lawsuits, feel that way for good reason. The number of cases launched by the Justice Department reached 500…

Contracting

First Look

Senate bill aims to set more federal telework reporting requirements

A new bill from a pair of bipartisan Senators is calling on agencies to report more detailed, timely information on federal telework and office space.

Congress

New chief diversity and inclusion officer headed to State Dept

Federal Newscast

Zakiya Carr Johnson is a former White House official and former director of State’s Race, Ethnicity and Social Inclusion Unit.