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‘We need to do more’ to close gender-based pay gap, OPM says

After some governmentwide changes to address a federal pay gap, OPM called on agencies with their own pay systems to review their policies and make adjustments.

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Blue-collar feds may soon see pay adjustments under proposal for reforms

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Election 2024 Secret Service Director

Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says 'we failed'

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DoD advisory board wants Pentagon to reorganize its acquisition shop

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DHS improves workforce engagement in 2024 FEVS

In 2022, for the first time in a decade, DHS didn't come in last place in the Best Places to Work rankings. In 2023, it climbed two more rankings, showing the DHS workforce is growing more engaged.

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FNN motorcycle event raises fresh charity funds

Three federally connected charities benefit each year from Federal News Network's fundraising motorcycle ride, organized by Federal Drive Host Tom Temin.

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Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

New to civil service? We created this guide to provide insights and pointers to first-time feds. Be inspired by careerists and also get pointers to make the transition to your new job as smooth as possible. (Pssst: It includes health and life insurance cheat sheets too!)

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Election 2024 Biden What Happens Next

Democrats promise an 'orderly process' to replace Biden. Harris is favored, but questions remain

President Joe Biden giving up his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris makes her the prohibitive favorite to be the party’s nominee in November. But it doesn’t guarantee it. And the Democratic National Committee has yet to approve what will happen next — meaning questions about the top of the party’s ticket will persist, at least in the short term. Many top Democrats have endorsed Biden, while some favor an open primary before the party’s convention next month. A committee setting the party’s rules for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago will gather virtually on Wednesday to discuss the next steps.

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FSAFEDS, Flexible spending accounts

OPM to lift pause on FSAFEDS enrollments in August

FSAFEDS enrollees will also soon have to transition to Login.gov and complete an identity verification to continue accessing their accounts.

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In 'paradigm shift,' DoD looks to move more equipment maintenance overseas

Experimentation will start this year in Indo-Pacific Command, part of a broader effort to move weapons system support closer to where it’s likely to be needed.

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Cloud Exchange: How can you keep pace with cloud professional development needs?

Skill gaps in cloud architectures and technologies is holding back agencies, but artificial intelligence promises to help, says Pluralsight’s Drew Firment.

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USPS, EV, USPS electric vehicles

The road to electrifying America's personal vehicles starts with the USPS EV fleet

It’s been a major policy initiative of the Biden administration to get more Americans and agencies utilizing electric vehicles.

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Congress tackles spending, policy and candidate protections on the road to the August recess

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks on the political side of government, the 2024 election is in full swing, as one party hosts this convention.

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Supreme Court, Chevron deference

GOP lawmakers see post-Chevron opportunity to ‘retake’ power from agencies. Experts doubt it’ll work

Policy experts and former lawmakers say Congress currently lacks the necessary bandwidth to take back regulatory authority from federal agencies.

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‘DOOBIE’ Act looks to ease security clearance restrictions on past marijuana use

Even after recent guidance on marijuana use, some applicants still worry about getting automatically disqualified from a federal job or a security clearance.

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Parts of DoD's modernization strategy are vague, lack metrics

The DoD’s IG wrapped up its audit of the department’s digital modernization strategy. 41% of the strategy elements didn’t comply with OMB requirements.

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Defense News

SATCOM, Satellite communications

Four essential elements of trustworthy public-private SATCOM partnership

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Jack Teixeira, court martial, Leaked Documents Investigation

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says

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Pay & Benefits

Pay

‘We need to do more’ to close gender-based pay gap, OPM says

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federal pay reform

Blue-collar federal pay reform heading toward rulemaking process

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Technology

Joint Chiefs Chairman

Though the Defense Department managed to go unscathed through the Crowdstrike outage, it remains on the alert

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Workforce

Pay

‘We need to do more’ to close gender-based pay gap, OPM says

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federal pay reform

Blue-collar federal pay reform heading toward rulemaking process

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union, federal mediation and conciliation service

What’s new from the agency in the middle of labor-management disputes

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