A Renewed Federal Emphasis on Racial Equity Data and Action
Many of these actions call for the use of data and a lens of racial equity to improve work conditions for feds and access to government services.
Many of these actions call for the use of data and a lens of racial equity to improve work conditions for feds and access to government services.
There’s plenty in the budget that could affect employees — from changes to federal hiring and firing practices to emerging tech that’s reshaping the workforce.
The hope is the community will feed into a larger initiative, aimed at embedding AI professionals within agencies to help improve services to the public.
The timeline has been postponed and drawn out, but after much anticipation, Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent officially unveiled the Federal Data Strategy on Tuesday.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) could see its responsibilities and workforce siphoned off to other agencies over the next few years.
President Donald Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal 2020 on Monday, and there’s plenty in it that will affect the federal workforce.
The Fourth U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP4) was released this month after a more than year-long delay. It offers eight key initiatives, a change from the 26, 23, and 40 initiatives published during the Obama administration, and applies for the next two years.
Putting as much politics aside as possible, here are highlights of what government workers should know about the State of the Union.
Some payroll and shared service centers said that employees affected by the shutdown can expect retroactive pay no later than Jan. 31.
As the midnight Friday deadline draws closer, the cards are falling into place for a surprise resolution to the long-term federal budget impasse that has threatened a shutdown.