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Biden’s 2023 budget boosts investment in federal workforce
US president Joe Biden has used the fiscal year 2023 budget to announce a boost to investment in his administration’s workforce strategy with the aim of improving customer service and
- Posted March 29, 2022
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OPM grants US federal officials paid leave to vote in elections
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has given federal employees the right to take leave to vote in federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial elections. Agency workers may take
- Posted March 27, 2022
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US homeland security department has hiring surge in its sights as new bill gains support
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could be set to increase its headcount after years of understaffing at ports of entry if a new bipartisan bill is passed. Under
- Posted March 23, 2022
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Biden pledges to ‘address use of salary history’ in setting federal government pay rates
President Joe Biden has pledged to tackle the use of previous pay rates for setting salaries for federal government jobs – but has stopped short of saying the practice will
- Posted March 21, 2022
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White House sets out US government digital assets strategy
The White House has issued an executive order setting out a national policy for digital assets, including a call to urgently explore the case for a digital dollar. President Joe
- Posted March 17, 2022
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Trump threatens to fire executive-branch employees if re-elected in 2024
Ex-US president Donald Trump has said he would make “every executive-branch employee fireable by the president” if re-elected in 2024. Speaking before attendants at a rally in South Carolina last
- Posted March 16, 2022
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‘$22m COVID testing bill’ for unvaccinated feds, UK government aids digital inclusion drive, Canada expands volunteer programme: policy and delivery round-up
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed $22m COVID testing bill for unvaccinated federal employees, Biden administration warns It could
- Posted February 10, 2022
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US government departments seek clean energy to meet emissions targets
The US defence department (DOD) and the General Services Administration (GSA) have sought information from the private sector as they explore ways to procure clean energy as part of the
- Posted February 8, 2022
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US feds’ COVID-19 vaccination rate on the rise but discipline for non-compliance ramps up
US government agencies have reported that overall compliance with president Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has risen, along with vaccination rates among their employees, since statistics were first released in November.
- Posted January 17, 2022
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Skills-based recruitment reforms postponed in US federal government
The US federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has said it will postpone the implementation of an executive order signed by ex-president Donald Trump to radically alter the federal
- Posted January 10, 2022
