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Ahuja plans to fix OPM programs under the microscope of the House Oversight Committee

March 18, 2023 Programs, Committee, plans, Microscope, Ahuja, oversight, House, Under0 comment

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee zeroed in on examining several federal programs with long-standing challenges, housed under the Office of Personnel Management. Among heated questions about federal telework, committee members pressed OPM Director Kiran Ahuja on how she plans to improve challenges in other departments at the agency, including in retirement services and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, as well as the federal hiring process. Retirement services backlog Challenges in retirement services at OPM were a common concern among both Democrats and Republicans on the committee —…

Federal IT spending in 2024 request up by 13% in part thanks to cyber, CX plans

March 14, 2023 part, request, plans, Cyber, Thanks, 2024, spending, federal0 comment

The White House plans to ask Congress for $ 74 billion in federal technology spending for civilian agencies in fiscal 2024. What is significant about that number isn’t the fact it’s a 13% increase over the 2023 request, rather it’s the specific detail the Office of Management and Budget lays out for what that increase will go toward. The most obvious breakdown is in cybersecurity spending. The Biden administration wants to increase spending to secure federal networks, applications and data to $ 12.7 billion, a 13% increase over the prior…

Biden administration offers plans — including doing nothing — for drought-starved Colorado River

October 29, 2022 offers, Colorado, administration, doing, including, plans, River, droughtstarved, Biden, nothing0 comment

The Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior, has announced three options to protect the Colorado River by limiting releases from the Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams. The Washington Times stories: White House

Harris says the administration plans to help women cross state lines to get abortions

June 27, 2022 Help, Women, administration, plans, lines, Harris, Cross, Abortions, state, says0 comment

Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that the Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights was “shocking,” and that the Biden administration is exploring a wide range of federal aid for women seeking to travel to states that still allow abortions. The Washington Times stories: White House

Lawmakers raise concerns about EEOC return to office plans

March 27, 2022 about, Lawmakers, Office, 'Return, plans, concerns, EEOC, raise0 comment

As some agencies start to reenter office spaces, lawmakers are raising concerns about return-to-office plans for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-Va.), ranking member on the Committee on Education and Labor, and James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking member on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, said the lag on reentry would delay the commission’s ability to efficiently review and resolve discrimination charges. “We are unaware of any plan for the commission to return the remainder of its workforce of approximately 2,000 employees to in-person service,” the authors said…

New bill would mandate legacy IT inventories, modernization plans

March 23, 2022 would, Bill, plans, Legacy, mandate, Modernization, inventories0 comment

Agencies finally would be on the hook to address the ever growing need to modernize legacy technology systems. After years of reports from the Government Accountability Office that found agencies didn’t have a good idea of how many or how old their legacy systems were, Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) are trying to change that. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., introduced a new bill to require agencies to improve their plans to modernize legacy IT. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) Hassan, the chairwoman of the Homeland Security and Governmental…