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Senate confirms first woman to serve on Joint Chiefs of Staff - Federal News Network

by Peter Musurlian
Fri, Nov 3, 2023 10:25 ET
in Employment News, Press Release

  • A Department of Veterans Affairs office that investigates whistleblower retaliation cases said VA leadership is acting on more of its recommendations. When the VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) recommended discipline in whistleblower retaliation cases, management took action 68% of the time in fiscal 2021. That is now up to 92% percent. But House lawmakers said VA employees can take their complaints to the Office of Special Counsel and see better results. "I'm still left wondering if OAWP's juice is worth the squeeze," said Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), who leads the House VA committee’s investigations subcommittee. (VA whistleblower office no longer ‘agency in crisis.’ But lawmakers question its results - Federal News Network)
  • The Office of Personell Management hit a major IT modernization milestone last week. OPM moved its first legacy application to the cloud at the end of October. Guy Cavallo, OPM's chief information officer, said that success sets the stage for improvements in retirement services. Cavallo said OPM recently kicked off a new pilot to improve the processing of retirement applications. "For every federal employee in this room, you want us to be successful. You want to see us improve retirement services and move from a paper-based world to a digital world," Cavallo said. Speaking at the ELC conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania earlier this week, Cavallo said this pace of change will only increase heading into the new year. (OPM...


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