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Biden issues pay plan with 2% federal pay raise recommendation

Biden’s 2% federal pay raise plan accounts for a 1.7% across-the-board increase, plus an average of a 0.3% locality pay adjustment, for most civilian employees.

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots

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Election 2024 Transition

Why Harris, Trump should both accept GSA’s help for transition planning

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Space Force's new strategy to push for 'allied by design' space systems

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Editor's Pick

Whether feds are in the office or teleworking, experts say it’s all about results

OMB's new federal telework report is nearly 3,000 pages. But workplace experts said even in that much space, some agencies still aren't telling the right story.

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Feds with Benefits: An introduction, and advice about Medicare Part B

Consumers’ Checkbook Senior Editor Kevin Moss introduces his new column on FEHB benefits, and kicks things off with some advice on Medicare Part B.

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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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AI Warplane

Air Force's new tool will track department's AI initiatives, spending

“One of the things Congress has levied upon us is we must be able to have an AI inventory so we can report how much we’re spending on AI,” said Venice Goodwine.

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Investigation Tracked Child Welfare DOJ

DoJ's Georgia Tech lawsuit a ‘warning’ to contractors on cyber compliance

The Georgia Tech case centers on the university’s alleged failure to follow NIST cybersecurity controls required by DoD contracts.

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Latest rule from the FAA poses challenge for the air travel industry

New rules proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration would mandate better cybersecurity for airplanes.

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First Army Data Summit focused on building data literacy, community

The challenge is it's easier to train Army mission specialists to understand data, rather than training Army data specialists to understand its varied missions.

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APMining Waste Conflicts

How the US Geological Survey aids the search for critical minerals

The U.S. Geological Survey plans to expand its database of minerals to help with an information gap.

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USPS Delivery Changes

USPS improves delivery in delay ‘hotspots’ ahead of busy year-end season

Postal experts say USPS improvements to on-time delivery are needed, and must continue, for Congress to allow these plans to keep moving forward.

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army digital engineering

Army preps rollout of new continuous ATO approach for software

The Army’s new continuous ATO process — informed by two pilot programs — should be ready for release within the next 30 days.

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FedRAMP, OMB, JAB, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)

FedRAMP has a permanent director for first time in 3 years

Peter Waterman is the director of the cloud security program, known as FedRAMP, after stints with USDS and the Technology Modernization Fund.

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Defense News

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Space Force’s new strategy to push for ‘allied by design’ space systems

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Navy recruiting rebounds, but it will miss its target to get sailors through boot camp

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army digital engineering

Army preps rollout of new continuous ATO approach for software

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Pay & Benefits

Pay raise

Biden issues pay plan with 2% federal pay raise recommendation

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Stock market returns got an F lately. Maybe the F Fund is the answer

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Tom Temin and Ken Dieffenbach, Executive Director of Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

How the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation plugged a hole in a relief program

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Workforce

Pay raise

Biden issues pay plan with 2% federal pay raise recommendation

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots

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