All posts tagged "Congress"

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  Brazil’s public sector reform bill advances through congress

  A bill that aims to shrink the state by cutting public sector pay and benefits has passed the committee stage in Brazil’s lower chamber of congress. The constitutional amendment –

  • Posted September 27, 2021
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  Biden promises feds a 2.7% pay rise next year

  Plans to increase the pay of US federal civilian employees by an average of 2.7% in 2022 have been formally presented to Congress by President Joe Biden. In a letter

  • Posted September 1, 2021
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  US AI defence panel calls for digital academy

  The US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) has called for the creation of new talent initiatives to develop the government’s technical workforce and improve senior leaders’ understanding of

  • Posted September 24, 2020
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  US local government warns of funding crisis as Trump announces $484bn support for businesses

  On Friday, president Trump signed a US$484bn relief bill that aims to alleviate the pressure on small businesses and hospitals under strain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However,

  • Posted April 28, 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 federal employees likely to get biggest pay rise in a decade

  US Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement that would see civilian federal workers get an average 3.1% pay rise in 2020 – the biggest pay increase since 2009. The spending

  • Posted December 17, 2019
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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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  Bill seeks to protect US federal scientists from political influence

  A US committee has advanced a bill to protect federal scientists and their research from political interference.   The Scientific Integrity Act – which the House Science, Space and Technology

  • Posted October 22, 2019
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  US lawmakers champion public sector collaboration panel

  A commission designed to foster cooperation between US state, federal and local governments, based on an agency that has been defunct for more than 20 years, has been proposed by

  • Posted August 12, 2019
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  US government could run out of cash over the summer

  The White House is calling on Congress to urgently raise the debt ceiling before summer recess, or risk the nation running out of money before it returns.  In a letter

  • Posted July 18, 2019
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