Office of Management and Budget

Post-Chevron, White House’s OIRA ‘laser focused’ on strong rulemaking

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, OIRA is also touting its efforts to reduce needlessly complicated paperwork and other burdens on the public.

Agency Oversight

Blue-collar federal pay reform heading toward rulemaking process

Pay

FNN

FedRAMP, OMB, JAB, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)

FedRAMP’s 2 new efforts target long-time vendor frustrations

Cybersecurity

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

Congress

Cloud Exchange 2024: OMB’s Drew Myklegard on fostering mature cloud capabilities

Cloud Computing

Early-career federal job openings seeing ‘renewed and increased’ interest, OPM’s Shriver says

Hiring/Retention

Getty Images/iStockphoto/mohd izzuan

FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

Centralized FEHB database key to OPM cost savings, GAO says

Open Season

Senate GOP blocks bill to expand IVF access as advocates call for better FEHB coverage

Congress

Sometimes, just rewriting a form can improve a federal program

Management

Policy riders to watch as House appropriators mark up 2025 spending bills

Budget

Christophe Megevand, of Schuman Cheese, New Jersey, judges the Rhined Swiss Style Cheese category in the opening day of the World Championship Cheese Contest at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Whine, cheese make the return-to-office debate pungent

Federal Report

Cybersecurity IT engineers are working on protecting networks from cyber attacks from hackers on the Internet. Secure access to online privacy and personal data protection

Agency cybersecurity incidents grew by almost 10% last year

OMB’s latest FISMA report to Congress shows an increase from more than 29,000 cybersecurity incidents in 2022 to 32,000 in 2023.

Federal Newscast

Return-to-office review: Employees call for flexibility, while legislation lags

With the federal return-to-office conversation always in flux, Federal News Network wants to keep you up-to-date on what it all means for federal employees.

Workforce

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

Democrats say an appropriations bill with 10% spending cuts to covered agencies would leave no choice but to implement staff reductions to make ends meet.