This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Even without the business of the 118th Congress wrapped up and a government shutdown looming, Republican lawmakers are making demands and prognostications for their top priorities when the 119th iteration takes office in January.  Those efforts will include a massive hiring surge for (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ ServiceNow Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott believes the federal government should run like a best-in-class business: secure, efficient, cost-effective and agile.  And for the first time, he senses real momentum pushing the government toward that outcome with the second Trump administration promising efficiency (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System authorized 13 emergency lending programs—known as facilities—to ensure the flow of credit across the economy. To improve oversight of these programs, the Federal Reserve issued seven (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Federal agencies with a lead role in protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure sectors are referred to as sector risk management agencies. These agencies, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), were required to (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Senate Democrats made a final and ultimately futile gambit Tuesday to advance legislation to insulate the federal workforce from President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reinstate Schedule F and strip tens of thousands of employees of their civil service protections. Led by Sen. Tim (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was signed on Dec. 17, 2004, and the landmark legislation was designed to reform intelligence processes and address gaps highlighted in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  But 20 years after the legislation was passed, (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Food and Drug Administration in 2020 pulled its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 after clinical trial results found it “showed no benefit for decreasing the likelihood of death or speeding recovery.”  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ President-elect Trump said on Monday he would once again consider privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, opening the door bringing back a controversial and failed proposal from his first term.  Trump was vague in his assessment of the idea during a press conference at (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Office of Personnel Management is set to publish a final rule Tuesday that would finally implement provisions of a seven-year-old law aimed at reducing agencies’ ability to put federal workers accused of misconduct on prolonged stints of administrative leave. In 2016, Congress (more…)