Ideas
Late Night Snacks Cost You the Next Day at Work
Physical and emotional strains associated with unhealthy eating were related to changes in how people behaved at work throughout the day.
Ideas
Higher Income Makes People Feel More Confident
Researchers found consistent evidence to show that income reliably predicted greater positive self-regard emotions and lower negative self-regard emotions.
Digital Government
With Help From Other Agencies, Homeland Security Ramps Up Employee Vaccinations
Department still has a long way to go to meet its vaccination goals.
Digital Government
IRS Employees on Paid Leave During Pandemic Has Dropped by 87% From Peak of 35,000
More than 3,400 IRS employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Digital Government
Moms Do More Parenting When Working from Home
When only one parent worked remotely and the other worked out of the home, the gender disparity in domestic labor was far more evident.
Digital Government
OPM Appointments Mark a Radical Shift in Agency's Role
The hiring of high-level executives from organized labor marks a return to federal employee unions having a seat at the table in the formulation of federal personnel policy.
Digital Government
Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes Billions for Federal Buildings and Research
The American Jobs Plan proposes spending a small chunk of the $2 trillion on improving federal office buildings and hospitals.
Digital Government
Agencies Can Continue Making Special COVID-19 Hires Through 2021, OPM Says
Some agencies have used the authority to dramatically ramp up their hiring.
Ideas
Getting and Growing the Cyber Workforce You Need for 2021—and Beyond
It’s no secret that the competition for cyber talent is stiff. With a 0% unemployment rate and nearly 400K open positions across the U.S., federal agencies must reinvent their cyber employee experience.
Digital Government
VA Rolls Back Trump-era Workforce Policies
The Veterans Affairs Department is restoring its previous contract with AFGE, which allows access to official time and union office space in department facilities.
Digital Government
Biden Asks Feds Across Government to Volunteer to Assist at the Border
Employees would serve four-month stints and work directly with migrant children.
Ideas
Lessons From 30 Years of Government Reform Efforts
There’s much that newcomers to government should learn from the past.
Ideas
Closing the Cyber Skills Gap Will Take New Technologies in Addition to New Talent
The cybersecurity resources gap is no longer a problem we can solve with humans alone.
Digital Government
Which Federal Agencies Are Giving Their Contractors Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
Agencies are taking different approaches to inoculating their contract employees, even though—as one trade association executive put it—“The virus doesn’t care whether someone is wearing a blue government badge or green contractor badge.”
Artificial Intelligence
Survey: Pandemic Accelerating AI Adoption
Multiple drivers are pushing federal agencies and industry toward AI technologies.
Modernization
Deputy Federal CIO on Fate of Trump-era IT Policies
The Office of American Innovation, Cloud Smart and the Federal Reskilling Academy are some of Trump-era tech policies left behind. Now the Biden team must decide what to do with them.
Modernization
How DISA Is Shifting to DEOS Cloud Tools as Interim Telework Solutions Sunset
DISA’s program director for the enterprisewide collaboration tools contract said the agency is creating a guide for other components to ease migration, including navigating security levels.
Digital Government
'Microbreaks' Keep You More Engaged on Tough Work Days
Microbreaks could be having a snack, chatting with a colleague, stretching or working on a crossword puzzle.
Ideas
Do You See Yourself in the Room?
This moment in time presents a unique opportunity for the government to embrace representative innovation.
Digital Government