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…)

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is out with an updated national cyber incident response plan that CISA officials say represents an “accessible” and “practical” roadmap for agencies and industry to work together on major cyber events. CISA publishes the draft NCIRP update (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Education Department has been a source of political controversy since its creation in 1980 during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. President Ronald Reagan, who was first elected that year, called for it to be disbanded. As a scholar of educational policy and the balance (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Emboldened by the incoming Trump administration and the anticipated recommendations of its new advisory panel, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., unveiled new legislation Thursday that would dramatically alter how the federal civil service manages employee performance. The Modern Employment Reform, Improvement and Transformation Act (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Mention the FBI, and many older Americans will likely think of a time when the agency was run by J. Edgar Hoover, who spent much of his nearly half-century tenure at the agency harassing political dissidents and abusing his power. But as former (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Biden administration’s government tech policy shop released a new impact report on federal technology on Thursday, highlighting work done on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, modernization and digital service delivery over the last four years. Clare Martorana, federal chief information officer, says that she’s (more…)

This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Angie Quirarte, a senior talent strategy advisor in the Executive Office of the President, noticed a recurring roadblock in her work to implement the Biden administration’s initiatives to streamline federal hiring. “One of the more surprising things that I’ve learned in this role (more…)