White House Releases Memo Detailing Workplace Reentry for Federal Employees
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White House Releases Memo Detailing Workplace Reentry for Federal Employees

The Biden administration released a memo on June 10, 2021 to facilitate the safe, effective, and efficient return of federal employees to the physical workplace given the declining threat of COVID-19. The administration lifted the 25 percent occupancy rule for federal buildings, but continues to require detailed plans from agencies regarding return-to-work initiatives prior to increasing occupancy.

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Office of Management and Budget Reinstitutes Requirements for Strategic Planning Goals
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Office of Management and Budget Reinstitutes Requirements for Strategic Planning Goals

The Biden administration announced its plans to rescind a December 2020 memo issued by the Trump administration that changed strategic planning requirements. Robert Fairweather, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced in a March 24, 2021 memo that OMB is reversing the Trump-era memo that suspended requirements for agencies to set strategic planning goals as part of the annual budget process.

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OMB Behind Schedule on Open Data Initiatives
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OMB Behind Schedule on Open Data Initiatives

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has not yet released guidance for federal agencies regarding implementing comprehensive data inventories, which could be delaying public access to government data. OMB also has not published reports on the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies’ performance and compliance with the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act.

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OPM Halts Diversity and Inclusion Trainings Pending Mandatory Review
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OPM Halts Diversity and Inclusion Trainings Pending Mandatory Review

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a memo Friday pausing all diversity and inclusion trainings in the federal government until they are review by OPM. The move comes following several Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memos aimed at eliminating certain trainings that have been labeled divisive and anti-American, as well as a presidential executive order to the same effect.

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