President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to provide federal civilian personnel an average salary increase of 4.6 percent in January, Government Executive reported. The figure includes an average 0.5
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A group of 62 lawmakers led by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., urged the House Appropriations Committee to include in the fiscal year 2023 Financial Services and General Government appropriations measure a 5.1
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Thursday upheld the White House’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees in a 2-1 ruling, The Wall Street Journal reported. The decision of the
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A federal district court judge in Texas on Friday decided to reject the White House’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees and block it from imposing disciplinary action on personnel that failed
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The White House has issued new guidance directing federal agencies to establish testing programs by Feb. 15, to facilitate COVID-19 screening of certain unvaccinated federal personnel and onsite contractor employees, Nextgov reported
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The White House has issued an executive order that requires federal contractors to provide safety protocols to their employees to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as part of efforts to improve the
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The Office of Personnel Management has decided to drop an electronic records project meant to help facilitate transfer of federal employees to another agency and rehiring of former personnel after retirement, Government
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The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that allows agencies to hire former federal personnel who have acquired higher-level skillsets and appoint them without competition to roles at any grade level
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The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Service office launched a four-phase program to solicit, fund and test ideas from federal employees seeking to improve government services through the use of technology, Nextgov
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Office of Personnel Management plan to implement policy changes under a new framework to speed up the vetting and security clearance procedures for
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