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  Census allowing online applications for the first time

  By Sherkiya Wedgeworth

  The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to become one of the largest part-time “gig” employers in 2020, competing with popular rideshare and e-commerce companies.
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  USDA cuts buyout amount for employees slated to be relocated

  By Sherkiya Wedgeworth

  Those employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who are scheduled to be reassigned outside of Washington, D.C., and were offered early buyouts, have been told to expect less than what they were originally offered.
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  CBO says no sequestration needed for FY 2019

  By FederalSoup Staff

  Although the Office of Management and Budget makes the final decision on whether federal agencies will face a sequestration, the Congressional Budget Office has determined that such cuts will not be needed for the end of fiscal year 2019.
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  Expert: OSC crackdown on political slogans at work—and union pushback—all part of long history

  By Nathan Abse

  Nathan Abse interviews Saint Louis University political scientist Kenneth Warren about the OSC guidance dust-up—tapping Warren’s deep historical knowledge about the more than 100-year history of reformers who have tried to rein in political activity among federal civil servants on the job—while permitting them their rights as citizens to speak and act politically in their private lives.
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  Dept. of State hiring freeze increasing cyber risk, report says

  By Adam Mazmanian

  An extended hiring freeze at the Department of State delayed key cybersecurity initiatives and placed highly classified information at risk, according to a watchdog report.
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  View the August 5, 2019 FEND issue as a PDF

  By FEND Staff
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  NBIB employees receive official ‘welcome’ to DOD

  By Sherkiya Wedgeworth

  Thousands of National Background Investigations Bureau employees have officially received offers to join the Department of Defense as part of the larger effort to transfer the security clearance program from the Office of Personnel Management to the Pentagon.
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  Navy personnel gets social media, email rules refresher

  By Adam Mazmanian

  The Navy CIO reminded department personnel in a recent memo about govermentwide and service policy regarding use of personal communications accounts to conduct official business.
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  OPM retirement claims backlog went up in June

  By FederalSoup Staff

  After consecutive months of experiencing small declines in its retirement claims backlog, the Office of Personnel Management’s inventory shot back up last month.

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