HHS (Health & Human Services) just issued guidance about utilizing a law from 2016 that lets the agency hire up to 2,000 scientists above the federal salary cap for Federal Biomedical Research The Senior Biomedical Service was started in 1996 ... Read More

Edward A. Zurndorfer Over the last few months, the COVID-19 virus pandemic has upended the lives of millions of Americans. The U.S. economy has been devastated, with record numbers of Americans filing for unemployment benefits and in many states individuals ... Read More

OPM Tells Agencies- The ‘3R’ Incentive Rules are Relaxed to Allot up to 50% of Basic Pay Amidst COVID-19 Crisis. Recruitment Incentives could be possibly double for some. When operating normally, agencies are allowed to offer new hires up to ... Read More

Will they close public land due to the Coronavirus? The Bureau of Land Management & National Forest Service would have to decide As Government and Health officials urge the public to stay inside and limit time spent outside to exercise, ... Read More

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director was Filled for the 8th time since 2013 as Michael Rigas takes over for Dale Cabaniss- who suddenly resigned on Tuesday, March 17th. The last Director of OPM to stay for a full ... Read More

Dan Sipe is joined by Nikki and Jaqi from the Furlough Cheesecake as they share their amazing story in our sweetest podcast yet! FedLife Podcast (ep. 17): Meet the Founders of the Furlough Cheesecake You Might Also Enjoy This Podcast: ... Read More

Dept. of Energy & University of Massachusetts-Amherst Release Results from Fishy Research Fish ladder at McNary Dam on the Columbia River, WA & OR Back in the Spring of 2018, the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)- a subagency of the ... Read More

2019’s Best Federal Agencies to Work For: NASA, ITC, and FERC Take Top Spots The Federal Government edition of the “Best Places to Work” rankings for 2019 have been published. The set of statistics breaks down the governmental organizations by ... Read More

5G Technology and the Federal Government: Risks Interference with NOAA and NASA satellites, plus the DoD’s Radar. A key component to understanding how 5G technology affects satellites that monitor the weather for NASA and NOAA is the “buffer room.” A ... Read More

GSA- Government Sleep Authority?- issued notice to Federal employees to review guidelines regarding the permissibly of unconsciousness in Federal buildings What is most interesting about the notice that the GSA (General Services Administration) posted throughout Federal workplaces is that… they ... Read More