Tag Archives: federal workforce

The Government Accountability Office has called on Congress and the White House to ask several questions that could help evaluate reform efforts of federal agencies. GAO said in a report published Friday those questions are divided into four categories: goals and outcomes; process for reform developments; reform implementation; and strategic management of the …

The White House has released President Donald Trump’s management agenda that aims to modernize the federal government through mission, delivery of public services and stewardship of taxpayer funds, Nextgov reported Tuesday. The president’s management agenda unveiled Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri, will work to achieve those goals through three drivers …

The budget proposal that President Donald Trump is due to release in the coming days could shrink the federal workforce at a scale that has not hit the government since World War II, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Damian Paletta writes that the proposed spending for fiscal year 2018 could …

A subpanel within the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has started a series of hearings to gather ideas on how to facilitate reforms to the civil service system and assess the federal hiring process, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Nicole Ogrysko writes Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), chairman of …

The White House has issued new guidance to provide federal agencies information on exemptions permitted under the hiring freeze on federal civilian positions and instructions on how agencies can ask for exemptions from the Office of Personnel Management. Positions that are exempted from the hiring freeze include military and federal …

The Department of Veterans Affairs has exempted contracting, construction and project management professionals from the federal hiring freeze as VA starts construction projects and leases at over 20 medical centers and health facilities, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Nicole Ogrysko writes President Donald Trump issued a Jan. 23 memo that would …

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina), the White House’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, has said he plans to determine ways on how to reward “exemplary” federal employees and deal with those that fail to meet expectations once confirmed, GovExec reported Tuesday. Kellie Lunney writes Mulvaney told lawmakers …

The White House has released new guidance that seeks to establish best practices to help federal agencies address challenges related to the federal recruitment process. Beth Cobert, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday, the guidance sets three objectives to help agencies …

Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert said that the agency aims to continue its focus on the recruiting and developing the talent of the federal workforce as the current administration nears its end in January 2017, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Tom Fox writes that the agency also looks to provide health …

Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) have proposed a measure to protect the due process rights of federal employees who hold sensitive roles in government. Norton said Monday the bill would repeal a federal court decision in 2013 that prevented federal employees from appealing an agency’s decision …