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Quick Hits *** Citizen satisfaction with government service continues to drop, according to the latest rankings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Their 2020 report on the federal government released Feb. 8 showed a drop of 4.4% to 65.1 out of 100. The Departments of Commerce and Agriculture were high scorers among government agencies; Treasury and the Social Security Administration scored the lowest. The survey measures citizen perceptions of ease of government processes, clarity of government information, website quality and the professionalism of government customer service. ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directs commanding officers and supervisors to hold a "stand down" discussion on extremism in the next 60 days.

Quick Hits *** A group of Capitol region House Democrats led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is asking the Office of Personnel Management to require agencies to offer employees administrative leave to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Agencies are permitted to offer administrative leave – paid leave that does not count against an employee's vacation or sick time – for vaccination, but there is no requirement that agencies do so. "Mandating that federal agencies provide administrative time to get vaccinated is a necessary step, and allowing a couple additional days of paid sick leave for any post-vacc...

Dennis Kirk, Trump's nominee to lead the Merit Systems Protection Board, was also withdrawn as was the nomination of Jason Abend to serve as Inspector General of the Department of Defense. IBM has named Steve LaFleche as the new leader of its U.S. public and federal market sector. Read more in Washington Technology. *** Winter Casey, who served as deputy chief technology officer in the White House under Michael Kratsios has left government for the post of vice president, global government affairs at Veeva Systems, according to her LinkedIn profile. Posted by FCW Staff on Feb 05, 2021 a...

Lawmakers are looking to President Biden's Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh for help on modernizing unemployment insurance delivery, worker safety and stimulating growth in STEM jobs.