All posts tagged "President Biden"
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US government agencies to roll out climate change training for officials to help meet targets
The White House has issued instructions to agencies on how to achieve the federal government’s climate change goals, including through the development of sustainability-focused training programmes for departmental staff. The
- Posted September 6, 2022
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Biden says government is working again as US Senate passes milestone climate change bill
Senators in the US voted through the night on Sunday to push through president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – a major piece of legislation that allocates US$454bn to tackle
- Posted August 8, 2022
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‘Bureaucrats need to be fireable’: Republican lawmakers propose stripping US federal officials of employment protections
A group of US lawmakers from the Republican Party have introduced a bill that would make it easier for the president to remove a host of nonpartisan officials from their
- Posted August 1, 2022
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US federal staff to be deployed to rural communities to boost economic opportunities
US president Joe Biden has launched a programme to deploy federal government employees to rural areas to help local leaders access the resources they need to boost their communities. The
- Posted April 28, 2022
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Biden beefs up federal requirement to assess environmental impact of infrastructure after dilution by Trump
President Joe Biden has restored key facets of a law that requires government agencies to assess the environmental consequences of major infrastructure projects, after they were dropped by his predecessor
- Posted April 26, 2022
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US government pushes to resume vaccine mandate enforcement for federal workers
The Biden administration has requested that an appeals court allow it to immediately resume the discipline process for federal employees who have not complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate after
- Posted April 14, 2022
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US government publishes metrics for workforce reforms – and names officials responsible for them
The Biden administration has updated its management agenda to incorporate metrics that aim to improve agency performance, employee engagement, and citizen experience – and has named a host of senior
- Posted April 13, 2022
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COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US federal employees reinstated by appeals court
The Biden administration has won an appeal allowing it to reinstate its coronavirus vaccine mandate for the government workforce, after it was forced to pause the policy following a court
- Posted April 11, 2022
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US federal agencies get 6.7% budget increase in $1.5 trillion spending bill
President Joe Biden is expected to today sign a US$1.5 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through to the end of September, averting a partial government shutdown. The
- Posted March 14, 2022
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More US federal officials to return to the office as Biden expands in-person services
US president Joe Biden has set out his administration’s plan for federal employees to return to workplaces as part of an effort to widen the number of in-person public services
- Posted March 7, 2022