Search results for ""executive order""
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Trump clamps down on diversity training
President Trump has issued an executive order banning government contractors from providing employees with certain forms of diversity training. The order forbids what it calls “divisive concepts”, such as training
- Posted October 5, 2020
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Trump moves to restrict outsourcing of federal work
President Donald Trump has taken further steps to prevent US government departments and agencies using foreign workers following a row with the nation’s largest utility. Heads of government departments have
- Posted August 12, 2020
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US lawmakers defend federal workers’ rights, but pay hike remains 1%
A House of Representatives panel moved to protect US federal employees from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut benefits and curb collective bargaining rights last week, but has not improved
- Posted July 15, 2020
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Unions vow to continue fighting White House moves to undermine workers
White House attempts to undermine federal employee rights and union power are wasting government resources and have made it harder to protect worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to
- Posted June 30, 2020
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Trump directs departments to bypass environmental regulations
Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to waive environmental restrictions in order to fast-track infrastructure projects such as mines, highways and pipelines. The president said this
- Posted June 9, 2020
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US government urged to spend $25bn a year on AI or risk falling behind
Congress and the White House should work together to increase annual federal spending on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development to US$25bn (€19.2bn), according to a national security think tank.
- Posted February 5, 2020
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US lawmakers “extremely concerned” about proposed official time policy
Two members of Congress have written to the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to express concern about a proposal that could make it harder for federal employees
- Posted January 28, 2020
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White House in continued push to break up central HR office
A US watchdog has reported that the Trump administration’s planned merger between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and General Services Administration (GSA) has not been abandoned, despite Congress blocking
- Posted December 10, 2019
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OPM urges US federal agencies to hire military spouses and ex-prisoners
The US government aims to increase diversity within the federal workforce by encouraging human capital officers to take full advantage of two existing hiring programmes that make it easier for
- Posted November 26, 2019
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US agencies curb federal workers’ rights after unions’ court defeat
Union representatives at the US Veterans Affairs Department (VA) are having their representative work dramatically curtailed and face eviction if they don’t start paying rent on office space at the
- Posted November 20, 2019
