Digital Government
DOL watchdog to probe OSHA inspections as workplaces reopen
House lawmakers quizzed officials at the Labor Department's Office of Inspector General about plans to conduct oversight of the department's pandemic response.
Digital Government
HHS watchdog defends oversight of agency amid health crisis
The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services says it is pressing on with investigations into agency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acquisition
FLRA puts SSA judges' contract on hold
The reversal pauses of the implementation of a new contract while a lawsuit against a subcomponent of the Federal Labor Relations Authority plays out.
Modernization
Federal HR offices have been slow to recover since 1990s downsizing, says MSPB
Plans for automation and other technologies to allow for individual HR employees to handle a larger workload haven't panned out.
People
House passes $3 trillion HEROES Act relief legislation
The Senate has no plans to take up the bill and White House said it would veto what it called an "partisan and ideological wishlist".
People
SSA didn't share key information with judges union, arbitrator finds
The decision comes as the Association of Administrative Law Judges is in the midst of a lawsuit against component of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
People
White House pushes Thrift Board to back off China index investment
Citing national security and economic risks, senior officials instructed the Secretary of Labor to overturn plans by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to buy a fund that includes investments in China.
People
Data sharing and COVID-19
Agencies are working to simultaneously modernize and share data to ensure continuity of business.
Digital Government
$3T COVID relief bill includes tech money and restructures health acquisition
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, proposed by House Democrats, calls for far more than additional stimulus checks and emergency funding for state and local governments. FCW breaks down the provisions.
People
House Dems want paid parental leave benefit to apply retroactively
Letting new parents take time off would alleviate coronavirus-related concerns, members stated in a May 8 letter to leadership.
People
House bill would protect unused leave during COVID-19
A bill from Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) would make sure that feds won't forfeit unused annual leave.
People
Attracting today's students to careers in public service remains a problem
A new report sets an ambitious goal of revising the public sector workforce by 2031, but engagement remains a sticking point.
People
SSA delays contract articles amid union lawsuit
The move comes as administrative law judges for the Social Security Administration sue the Federal Services Impasse Panel over their contract rulings.
People
House Homeland Dems want to help TSA workers in next COVID-19 relief package
Survivor benefits and health insurance premiums are expected to be covered in future legislation.
Acquisition
Paycheck protection, other pandemic response to garner 'flash' oversight
Agency inspectors general told Congress that the $2.2 trillion in spending to speed recovery and heal economic damage caused by the pandemic would be subject to quick oversight.
People
State and local government jobs are front and center in Dems' plans for COVID-19 relief
Democratic lawmakers are seeking aid to help state and local governments retain workers and avoid layoffs in the next relief bill aimed at alleviating the economic toll that the coronavirus pandemic has had upon the U.S. economy.
People
GOP lawmakers seek limits on foreign TSP investments
A House bill lands as a veterans group steps up efforts to lobby the military and the White House against investment in Chinese defense firms.
People
AFGE assails Trump's plan to go back to work
Union asks OPM and OMB to abide by six conditions before telling federal workers to go back to the office
People
SSA judges sue Impasses Panel
The Association of Administrative Law Judges has become the second federal sector union to sue the Federal Service Impasses Panel.
People
VA tech system freezes out workers, union complains
A Philadelphia AFGE local alleges that stress on the VA system has led workers to risk reprimand for working off-hours and that the Veterans Benefits Administration won't share contingency plans with employees.
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