Federal Government Policy and Business

Management Chief: Trump Administration Will Renew Push for Performance Pay Fund

Government Executive: The Trump administration's management chief said last week that it is past time for Congress to make updates to the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act.

“We all know that it’s been 40 years since the last major civil service reform,” said Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, in an interview with NextGov. “In the president’s State of the Union address and in other forums, we’ve talked about other areas that need to evolve from something that was utterly relevant and on point in 1978, to the digital workforce and a workforce that is characterized by Moore’s Law—moving at the speed of computing, not at the speed of paper.”

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