
Government Matters (Full Show) – April 3, 2022
Federal employee pay and new paid time off for voting; creating opportunities with digital economy
Federal employee pay and new paid time off for voting; creating opportunities with digital economy
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the government’s human resources agency. Government Matters’ Mimi Geerges spoke to OPM Director Kiran Ahuja about the latest news affecting federal civilian employees. OPM’s new voting guidance provides time off for early voting and election days and expands leave for participating as a non-partisan poll worker, said Ahuja. […]
Unequal access to technology and the wealth it generates means many Americans are left behind in the digital economy. Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna from California’s Silicon Valley, author of “Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us,” said the United States should decentralize digital jobs, now concentrated in certain areas, to […]