Reorganization

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Promoting Schedule F alternative, working group warns against Trump-era plan resurgence

The non-partisan experts warn Schedule F will leave the door open to politicization and patronage throughout the federal workforce.

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DHS to offer ‘lifeboat’ reassignments to employees in expiring CWMD office

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General Services Administration (GSA)

Federal Acquisition Service’s new structure seeks to break down long-held fiefdoms

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Military Vaccines

The Defense Management Institute jumps into one of DoD’s thorniest management issues

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cyber

How a few agency leaders are defining, measuring ‘meaningful’ in-person work

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Postal Service Electric Vehicles

DeJoy rebuffs USPS regulator considering more ‘proactive’ role in postal oversight

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Telework, federal telework

Dissatisfied with OPM’s data, Republicans ask individual agencies for telework details

Outdated information in OPM’s annual telework report propelled House Republicans to change gears. They are now looking for answers from individual agencies…

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OPM, retirement claims, backlog

OPM’s new approach to modernizing retirement services is all about small bites

Guy Cavallo, the chief information officer for OPM, said the initial focus of the new retirement services system is on new retirees and starting them off…

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FILE - Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. The Biden administration said Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, that it will upgrade its engagement with the Arctic Council and countries with an interest in a region that's rapidly changing due to climate change. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

It might be frozen, but the Arctic is not locked down

The Coast Guard has long worked to boost its capabilities of operating in the Arctic, an area of increasing importance to national security. Now the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate will fund research aimed at helping other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components operate in the Arctic.

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