All posts tagged "President Biden"
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Biden to propose the highest pay rise for US feds in 20 years, at 4.6%The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has told agencies to plan for a 4.6% pay rise for federal employees in 2023. The information was contained in the OMB’s ‘passback’
- Posted February 15, 2022
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Judge blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US government employeesA federal court has issued an injunction against the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for federal workers, pausing a programme that required staff to be fully vaccinated or face discipline.
- Posted January 24, 2022
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US feds’ COVID-19 vaccination rate on the rise but discipline for non-compliance ramps upUS 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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Biden finalises 2.7% pay rise for federal employeesPresident Joe Biden has signed an executive order solidifying his promise to raise federal civilian employee pay in 2022. The order has bumped civilian federal employees’ pay up 2.2%. An
- Posted January 4, 2022
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Institutional racism: a global government problem?In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse
- Posted November 28, 2021
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Biden’s management agenda prioritises federal employee engagementThe Biden administration plans to prioritise increasing young talent within the federal government and give employees more powers through their unions, according to the President’s Management Agenda. The agenda document,
- Posted November 24, 2021
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Majority of US federal employees disagree with COVID-19 vaccine mandate, survey findsMore than half of US federal employees said in a recent survey they strongly or somewhat disagreed with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The mandate came into effect after
- Posted November 10, 2021
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COP26 roundup: world leaders’ key commitments on climate changeWe outline the major pledges to have been announced in the first days of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, including commitments to cut methane emissions, address deforestation,
- Posted November 3, 2021
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Thousands of US feds miss vaccine mandate deadline, face disciplineThe US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to start disciplining employees after it found that 30% of its 380,000-strong health care workforce had not met the deadline to prove
- Posted October 28, 2021
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US forms expert committee to advise on artificial intelligenceThe 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
