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- Breaking the Civil Service Begins at OMB - November 30, 2020
- By Jeff Neal, FedSmithIn my recent posts regarding President Trump’s Executive Order 13957 on Creating Schedule F in The Excepted Service, I warned that some agencies could see most of their employees converted to Schedule F. On Saturday, RealClearPolitics reported “OMB Lists Workers Stripped of Job Protection in Trump Order” and said “The Office of Management and Budget has completed its task, RealClearPolitics has learned. According to an internal memo, OMB Director Russ Vought has classified 88% of that agency’s workforce, 425 employees, as Schedule F.”
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- Agencies Begin Implementing Schedule F - November 25, 2020
- By Ralph R. Smith, FedSmithIn October, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service. While the title does not sound like a major change, the reality is that the Executive Order would result in major changes to the federal government’s civil service system.
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- GSA Gives Green Light for Presidential Transition to Biden Administration to Formally Begin - November 24, 2020
- By Courtney Bublé, Government ExecutiveEmily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, “ascertained” Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election on Monday, thus formally allowing critical transition activities and funds to be made available to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The news was first reported by CNN.
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- Congressional Leaders Are Cautiously Optimistic They Can Avoid More Stopgap Funding This Year - November 23, 2020
- By Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveCongressional leaders have voiced early speculation in recent days that lawmakers will be able to set line-by-line funding levels for agencies throughout government before the end of the year without the need for another stopgap measure.
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- Government Executive examines hiring in the federal workforce - November 20, 2020
- By Eric Katz, Government ExecutivePresident Trump came into office with a promise to slash the size of the federal workforce. As his presidency comes to a close, he has succeeded in that mission in all but three cabinet-level departments.
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- Extolling Productivity During Pandemic, Agencies Say They’ll Make Some Telework Permanent - November 19, 2020
- By Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveFederal agency leaders told lawmakers on Wednesday they have seen no dip in productivity as tens of thousands of workers have performed their duties remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, they are looking to allow some employees to permanently work from home even after it is safe to return to offices.
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- Panel Deals Major Blow to Trump's Signature Civil Service Reform, Calls for Rehiring of Fired Workers - November 18, 2020
- By Eric Katz, Government ExecutiveThe Trump administration was dealt a blow by a labor panel on Monday, which ruled the Veterans Affairs Department violated a contract with one of its employee unions as it sought to quickly dismiss poorly performing workers.
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- Proposed Executive Order for Biden Would 'Reinvigorate' Federal Workforce, Make OPM a Cabinet-Level Agency - November 16, 2020
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveA group of governance experts have put together a proposal to strengthen the federal civil service for President-elect Biden to consider, which includes rescinding a number of directives signed by President Trump and elevating the Office of Personnel Management to a Cabinet-level agency.
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- Military retirees, survivors will see 1.3% increase in COLA for 2021 - November 13, 2020
- By Scott Maucione, Federal News NetworkCost of living adjustments for military retirees are continuing their downward trend in 2021. Those who retired from the military and family members who receive a special survivor indemnity allowance will get a 1.3% increase in 2021.
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- Will It Be Harder to Fire a Federal Employee Under a Biden Administration? - November 12, 2020
- By Ralph R. Smith, FedSmithUnder the Trump administration, federal employee unions did not fare well.
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- Senate Republicans Propose 2021 Pay Freeze for Feds One Month Before Deadline to Avoid Shutdown - November 11, 2020
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveRepublican appropriators in the Senate have proposed a pay freeze for federal civilian employees in 2021 just one month before Congress hits the deadline to avert a government shutdown.
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- The Big Success Story of the Election Is the One You Didn’t Hear - November 10, 2020
- By Tom Shoop, Government ExecutiveThe central story of the 2020 election was the one you heard over the weekend: Joe Biden was declared the winner and is president-elect of the United States.But it was the story you probably didn’t see, hear or read that was at least as impressive: At all levels of government, dedicated, patriotic civil servants and local volunteers made sure the election went off without significant disruption.
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- GSA Holds the Key to When or If Biden Gets Access to Full Transition Resources - November 9, 2020
- By Courtney Bublé, Government ExecutiveThe major news outlets on Saturday morning declared former Vice President Joe Biden the victor of the presidential election, but the transition process cannot formally begin until the head of the General Services Administration gives the green light.
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- Schedule F Order Relies on a Myth the Private Sector Fires More People Than the Government - November 3, 2020
- By Donald F. Kettl, Government ExecutivePresident Trump’s executive order establishing a new “Schedule F” would politicize what should be professional, merit-based, non-partisan government jobs. The premise for creating this category of workers is based on two basic arguments: 1) that it’s too hard to fire poorly performing feds, and 2) that the career workforce is largely composed of a deep state disloyal to elected officials.
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- OPM Quietly Abandons Proposed Merger with GSA - November 2, 2020
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveActing Office of Personnel Management Director Michael Rigas told employees of the federal government’s HR agency that the Trump administration is officially abandoning its controversial effort to merge the agency with the General Services Administration.
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- BOTH STAFF CUTS AND BUDGET INCREASES FOR FY 2019 - July 13, 2017
Staff Cuts and Budget Increases Are Both on Tap for 2019
By Eric Katz, Government Executive
The Trump administration has provided federal agencies with the latitude to request up to a 5 percent funding boost in fiscal 2019, saying the White House may accommodate a “limited number” of programmatic increases in its final blueprint.
Generally, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in a memorandum to department and agency heads, agencies should keep their 2019 spending requests in line with what the White House spelled out in the fiscal 2018 budget submission. They should also, however, “identify additional investments in effective programs that further support their mission and fill a clear federal role.”
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- Agencies Could Rehire, Promote Former Employees With New OPM Regulatory Fix - December 24, 2019
- By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe Office of Personnel Management wants to help agencies rehire former employees who have left government — and offer a non-competitive promotion to a higher grade level to sweeten the deal.In a proposed rule, which is scheduled for publication later this week, OPM will recommend new regulations that will allow agencies to non-competitively reappoint former employees to other positions at a higher grade level than when they left government.
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- How The Government Wants Agencies To Regulate AI - January 14, 2020
- By Andrew Eversden, Federal TimesThe Office of Management and Budget released a draft memorandum Jan. 13 providing guidance to agencies on how they should approach regulation of industry’s artificial intelligence applications.The guidance emphasizes that agencies should consider how any regulatory action would potentially hinder expansion of AI use. The draft memo “calls on agencies, when considering regulations or policies related to AI applications, to promote advancements in technology and innovation."
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