Management

The latest news on program and project management policies and best practices, HR developments, budgets and pay and benefits -- everything you need to know about federal operations.

Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown

The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

27 hours ago

OPM anticipates hiring surge under new infrastructure bill

Federal agencies will have new responsibilities under the recently passed infrastructure bill that will require an increase in workers to perform those jobs.

2 days ago

HR

Agencies are now required to grant leave for COVID-19 booster shots

Feds will be able to get booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine during their workday without having to use annual or sick leave.

New bill aims to bolster plummeting federal internship numbers

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced legislation Dec. 1 to ensure that all federal internships are paid, as the number of interns has plunged over the last decade.

2 days ago

Air Force civilian stole $1.1 million via travel charge card, bought piano, Harley, vacations

Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., age 60, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and to pay $1,157,540.69 in restitution.

4 days ago

White House delays federal employee vaccine enforcement until new year

Most federal employees that refuse to comply with the vaccine mandate will not face suspension or termination until after the holiday season.

5 days ago

US aid agency becomes most vaccinated by Biden’s deadline

Find out which agency proved the most proactive in fulfilling vaccination requirements, according to numbers released by the Office of Management and Budget.

10 days ago

New bill codifies OPM role in federal employee policy

The legislation cements the legally-mandated role of the Office of Personnel Management and sets credential requirements for future heads of the agency.

10 days ago

Biden to keep Powell as Fed chair, Brainard gets vice chair

President Joe Biden announced Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 that he's nominating Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chair.

11 days ago

Official: More than 90% of fed workers got shots by deadline

President Joe Biden announced in September that all federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no test-out option, unless they secured an approved medical or religious exemption.

12 days ago

Non-essential feds have one day to schedule excess leave

Excess annual leave must be scheduled three pay periods in advance of and taken sometime before the end of the 2021 leave year.

2 weeks ago

Feds are first priority in Biden’s governmentwide agenda

The White House intends to use a strengthened federal workforce as one of the pillars of government reform in the coming years.

2 weeks ago

Could stronger enforcement help restaff federal transportation jobs?

The fines collected from unruly or abusive travelers could go toward hiring more officers at the Transportation Security Agency and the Federal Air Marshal Service.

2 weeks ago

Personnel office fixes loophole impacting same-sex survivors of feds

The notice allows same-sex spouses of deceased feds to receive survivor benefits if they were denied due to prior marriage restrictions.

3 weeks ago

OPM revamps decade-old federal telework guidance

The updated guidance features an entirely new section on employees that work remotely for the vast majority of their hours.

3 weeks ago

Congressional rights office announces interim head amid privacy reform effort

The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights could soon lose its executive director to a presidential nomination at the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

3 weeks ago

Federal union calls for delay on vaccine mandate deadline

Federal contractors have until after the holiday season to ensure that all employees are vaccinated, while feds have a pre-Thanksgiving deadline.

3 weeks ago

House members propose reducing public service retirement limitation

The legislation would mandate a new calculation for employees under the Civil Service Retirement System that are impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision.

4 weeks ago

Feds have days left to get final vaccine

Federal employees that have not received any vaccine doses yet can only get the Johnson & Johnson version and still meet the Nov. 22 deadline.

4 weeks ago

Thousands of intel officers refusing vaccine risk dismissal

Thousands of intelligence officers could soon face dismissal for failing to comply with the U.S. government's vaccine mandate, leading to concerns from Republican lawmakers about potentially hurting agencies considered critical to national security.

4 weeks ago

Feds can get time off for young-child vaccinations

Children between ages 5 and 11 have been approved to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, meaning that feds may receive leave to accompany such children.

4 weeks ago

White House extends vaccine deadline for contractors

Federal contractors have until the new year to get all employees that do not have an exemption vaccinated against COVID-19.

4 weeks ago

Sammies honors 20 years of outstanding feds

Federal employees were recognized for their work in COVID-19 response, housing programs, 3D printing technology and more projects that served the public good at the 2021 Sammies.

5 weeks ago

Feds worry vaccine mandate could lead to staffing crisis

Federal employees held a protest outside the Department of Justice over the lack of collective bargaining on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

5 weeks ago

Florida sues Biden over contractor vaccine mandate

Gov. Ron DeSantis and opened yet another battleground between the Republican governor and the White House.

5 weeks ago

American flags are placed at each headstone in the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend, May 22, 2020, in Washington.

Federal employees get Veterans Day holiday off work

Veterans Day was designated in 1954 to honor the veterans of all wars as a federal government holiday.

5 weeks ago

OPM authorities brought in more new feds than CARES Act

Some agencies authorized to make special hires under the CARES Act chose not to do so, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

5 weeks ago

Initial return to work plans did not match federal safety guidance

Return to work plans under the Trump administration were inconsistent across agencies and missing components laid out by the White House and CDC, according to the Government Accountability Office.

6 weeks ago