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CBP’s Borkowski to retire after 43 years

Mark Borkowski (left), the chief acquisition officer and assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Homeland Security Department, will leaver federal service on June 30.

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TSP class-action lawsuit alleges harm to ‘hundreds, if not thousands,’ of participants

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The worst place to work in the federal government

The Bureau of Prisons must do simple things to makes itself a better place to work: Get to full staffing. Hire the right people. Update crumbling facilities. Sharpen the anti-recidivism problems. Easy to visualize, difficult to do. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin digs into the longstanding challenges that earned BOP the lowest score in the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings.

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Space Force takes holistic approach to fitness

The Space Force offers guardians an alternative to physical fitness tests with a new holistic health program.

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How Farmers.gov really launched USDA’s next generation of cloud services

Casey Cook, the cloud architecture branch chief for the Agriculture Department, said seven mission areas are taking advantage of more than 300 APIs to make data sharing among new and legacy systems easier.

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Two-thirds of USPS rural carriers see significant pay cuts under new system

The Postal Service is telling lawmakers that rural carriers have the resources they need to ensure fair compensation under a new pay system that’s been in the works for more than a decade.

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Taking the leap: Real-world agency transformation insights

Learn how the Coast Guard, NSF and USAID are not only improving their enterprise environments but doing so in ways that best support their workforces in delivering services while also keeping federal data secure. | Download our new ebook

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DoD suddenly abandons $374 million plan to replace Defense Travel System

The Pentagon has cancelled its replacement for the Defense Travel System (DTS) after five years of development and tens of millions of dollars in spending. The system, MyTravel, will end in September, and employees will revert back to using DTS for the foreseeable future.

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Diplomacy takes more than diplomats, it also takes data

For the second year, the State Department has recognized employees who enable better use of data in the art of diplomacy. Data for diplomacy is both an awards program and a part of the department’s modernization plan. This year’s group award went to people in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations for their work in a program called the Conflict Observatory.

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Sometimes the defense-industrial complex looks like a tug-of-war

A new problem has emerged for the long-troubled F-35 joint strike fighter program. It concerns spare parts, and who accounts for them. Are they government-furnished parts or should they be accounted for under a contract.

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At Veterans Affairs, a new career path for a crucial health profession

If you’ve got trouble breathing, a respiratory therapist can do you a world of good. Recognizing the importance of respiratory therapy and the people who provide it, Veterans Health Administration’s Maryland Health Care System has given its respiratory therapists a career boost. Now they’ve got a pathway to add advanced practice to their titles.

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Defense News

India US Military Exercise

Autonomous vehicles may soon be making their way to the front lines

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Pay & Benefits

Two-thirds of USPS rural carriers see significant pay cuts under new system

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After ‘failed’ Converge rollout, TSP participants file class-action lawsuit

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Technology

State Dept. surges hiring amid ‘historically high’ demand for passports to drive down wait times

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Workforce

State Dept. surges hiring amid ‘historically high’ demand for passports to drive down wait times

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