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United States Capitol is the meeting place of the US Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the US federal government.

Amid political leadership vacancies, calls for SES reform continue to rise

Opting for career SES officials or appointees who don’t need Senate confirmation may be the most effective way to minimize persistent leadership vacancies.

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Pay

Agencies have new deadline from OPM to review pay policies

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U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle,Election 2024 Trump Shooting Congress

Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally

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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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Hear from federal technology and industry leaders on how cloud can improve digital services and meet agency missions.

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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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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service

This HHS operative is taking on high and complicated hospital bills

This guest is 35 years old and joined federal service only three years ago. She’s having a big impact in a lot of ways having to do with health care delivery.

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National Archives & Records Administration

NARA takes on digitizing modern textual records and other formats

The deadline for agencies to submit digitized records for archiving and preservation by the National Archives and Records Administration came and went.

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Chevron Deference, Supreme Court

WH regulatory gurus focused on strong rules, burden reduction

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, OIRA is also touting its efforts to reduce needlessly complicated paperwork and other burdens on the public.

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Cloud Exchange: How to map out your modernization journey

There’s a lot that goes in to plotting and scaling cloud capabilities — from identifying those “snowflake” systems that aren’t going to make the shift to enriching data for advanced operational uses, shares Splunk’s Jon “JG” Gines.

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Federal Prisons

The Marshals Service has trouble managing detention

The Government Accountability Office has found the Marshals Service needs to improve its oversight of incarceration facilities.

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National Guard leaders, government

Nominations for National Guard leaders languish, triggering concerns as top officers retire

The top four officers of the National Guard Bureau have left or are set to retire, and no nominations for their replacements have been confirmed by the Senate.

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federal pay reform

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

A proposal aims to amend the federal pay locality mapping for blue-collar feds, more closely aligning it with the General Schedule’s pay localities.

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Election 2024 Secret Service Director

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

The Secret Service’s director says the roof where a shooter opened fire at Donald Trump’s rally was identified as a potential vulnerability before the event.

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Defense News

David Berteau

Some highlights of provisions in this year’s NDAA that could affect contractors

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National Guard leaders, government

Nominations for National Guard leaders languish, triggering concerns as top officers retire

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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

United States Capitol is the meeting place of the US Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the US federal government.

Amid political leadership vacancies, calls for SES reform continue to rise

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NASA

A new NASA experiment shows finding the building blocks for life on other planets may not require much digging

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Workforce

United States Capitol is the meeting place of the US Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the US federal government.

Amid political leadership vacancies, calls for SES reform continue to rise

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