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Biden administration locks in plans aiming to block Schedule F for good

In an effort to prevent a Schedule F revival, OPM has published a final rule confirming workforce protections and appeals rights for career civil servants.

Workforce

White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships for skills-based hiring

Workforce

Schedule F plans show ‘far higher’ impact on federal workforce than first anticipated, NTEU warns

Workforce

After years of delays, the TSP’s I fund will track a new index starting in 2024

TSP

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President Biden names 232 winners of the 2023 Presidential Rank Awards

SES

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Military spouse hiring authority for agencies extended to 2028

Hiring/Retention

What happens to furloughed employees during a government shutdown?

Government Shutdown

Divide over Schedule F reveals deeper need for federal workforce reform, Partnership says

Workforce

Democrats revive anti-Schedule F bill, with a few tweaks and a new name

Congress

OPM finalizes removal of several Trump-era federal workforce policies

Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Why presidential transition planning makes or breaks an administration

Management

Two agencies took initial steps to implement Schedule F, GAO finds

Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.

Workforce

Biden’s pick to lead NARA eyes veterans’ request backlog, agency digitization deadline

If the Senate confirms her, the White House’s nominee for national archivist said the veterans’ record request backlog would be the “most important discrete…

Technology

The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Dems ‘pushing to follow suit’ after House passes bill to block any future Schedule F

Congress

The Preventing a Patronage System Act cleared the House in a vote of 225-204, but timing for the Senate’s companion legislation remains uncertain.