All posts tagged "federal agencies"
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Biden confirms 5.2% pay raise for US federal government officials
US president Joe Biden has confirmed his plan for a 5.2% average pay increase for federal officials from January next year. Biden confirmed the increase in a letter to speaker
- Posted September 6, 2023
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US forms expert committee to advise on artificial intelligence
The US is establishing a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) to advise president Biden and federal agencies on artificial intelligence (AI) research, ethics and development. The Department of Commerce
- Posted September 15, 2021
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US federal workers could be disciplined – or fired – for lying about vaccination status
US federal employees could face tough penalties – including disciplinary action, losing their jobs and even criminal proceedings – if they lie on a new COVID-19 vaccination certificate, according to
- Posted August 10, 2021
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Biden considers mandatory vaccination for federal employees
US President Joe Biden is considering plans to require all US federal employees to have a COVID-19 vaccination. When asked on Tuesday whether he would introduce such a mandate, Biden
- Posted July 28, 2021
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Biden signs executive order to beef up cybersecurity in US
The Biden administration has launched a range of measures to improve national cybersecurity, including establishing a joint public-private panel to review incidents, in an executive order signed yesterday. The US
- Posted May 13, 2021
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Who’s in? A round-up of Biden’s recent nominations for key policy roles
US president Joe Biden this week announced a slew of nominees for positions in his administration, including his choice for federal chief information officer (CIO). In a series of statements
- Posted March 12, 2021
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Obama’s leadership adviser appointed to key HR role
US president Joe Biden has appointed an Obama-era personnel official to lead efforts to rebuild relationships between the White House and the federal workforce, following four years of tension and
- Posted February 11, 2021
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Role reversal: Biden rolls back Trump’s civil service directives
US President Joe Biden has used his first days in office to reset relations with federal professionals, reversing a number of executive orders issued by his predecessor Donald Trump that
- Posted January 26, 2021
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Biden rolls back Trump’s clampdown on diversity training
Within hours of becoming US president yesterday, Joe Biden signed an executive order to rescind his predecessor Donald Trump’s ban on government contractors providing some forms of diversity training. Biden’s new order
- Posted January 21, 2021
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About turn: what Biden’s presidency means for federal staff
As Donald Trump faces his last day in the White House, US civil servants are preparing for a new administration and a very different style of government. We ask three
- Posted January 19, 2021