All posts tagged "President"
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US sets out federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate rulesEmployees working for US government contractors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by 8 December according to new rules issued by the White House. Guidance released on Friday by the
- Posted September 28, 2021
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Biden promises feds a 2.7% pay rise next yearPlans 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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Who is Kiran Ahuja, Biden’s pick for OPM?If confirmed, Kiran Ahuja will become the first Indian-American to lead the Office of Personnel Management in the US. Josh Lowe reports on her career so far and what we
- Posted May 7, 2021
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Who’s who? A round-up of Joe Biden’s foreign policy and national security picksPresident-elect Joe Biden has unveiled key members of his foreign policy and national security team. His picks include the first immigrant to serve as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary;
- Posted December 3, 2020
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Biden to promote diversity and union rights in federal workforcePresident-elect Biden has set out his priorities for government and the federal service, though work on the handover from Donald Trump has so far been blocked by the General Services
- Posted November 11, 2020
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Trump proposes pay freeze and retirement cuts for federal workforcePresident Trump has renewed his attempt to impose a pay freeze for US civil servants in his 2020 budget proposals, and added new proposals to cut retirement benefits and reduce
- Posted March 18, 2019
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Pay rise for federal workers as Trump signs spending billThe long-awaited, much fought-over pay deal for US federal workers finally went through last week, after President Trump signed off a spending package to avoid another government shutdown. The new
- Posted February 19, 2019
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An uncertain take-off: why US officials are reaching for the parachutesThe US government is back at work – but the five-week funding gap has left its mark. Exploring how the state came to a stop, Eileen Guo finds that the
- Posted January 31, 2019
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Democrats challenge Trump’s pay freezeA group of senators have urged Donald Trump to reverse his decision to freeze pay rates for civilian public sector workers “in the strongest possible terms”. Senators Mark Warner, Chris
- Posted January 2, 2019
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US federal personnel chief quits after seven monthsThe White House has appointed a new head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) following the resignation of previous chief Jeff Pon, who took up the post in March
- Posted October 10, 2018
