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Biden officially plans 4.6% average pay raise for federal employees in 2023

President Joe Biden has formally announced his plans to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year, starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

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OMB seeks feedback on plans to bridge federal ‘data divide’ hampering equity goals

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CACI wins $5.7 billion award to start privatizing Air Force network management

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Which agencies are the biggest potential targets for union growth?

The dataset shows agencies where at least 500 employees are eligible to join unions but have not. The data is sorted by agencies with the largest percentages of employees who aren’t currently represented, but are legally eligible to be in a collective bargaining unit. Find out where your agency stands.

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Lawmakers seek OPM update on plans to expand infertility coverage for federal employees

Democratic lawmakers are urging the Office of Personnel Management to follow through on its plans to expand federal employees’ medical coverage to cover infertility diagnoses and treatments.

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The government is not a business, so why should it act like one

Now the government has new programs to launch and 1000s of people to hire. But our next guest cautioned the public sector should avoid the mistake of trying to act like a business, a piece of advice the government often does get.

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The fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of the next month

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs need to be reauthorized by Sept. 30 or federal research and development efforts will stall.

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3 tactics to make your agency’s data more actionable

As agencies work to implement the Evidence Act and use data to improve mission, they also should take advantage of data investments already made, suggests Tyler Technologies’ Michael Donofrio. We talk with him to discover three ways to do just that.

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Army wants its business systems of the future to be intuitive to users

The service says the Enterprise Business Solutions – Convergence needs to be easy for soldiers and civilians to pick up.

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How the Treasury Department plays whack-a-mole with financial weaknesses

The Government Accountability Office says the Treasury Department has made good progress on some deficiencies on financial statements, but new ones have popped up.

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Appeals court partially lifts ban on federal contractor vaccine mandate

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors can largely go back into effect — at least for now — overturning a lower court ruling that enjoined the contractor mandate nationwide.

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Space Command

How the ground-based Army defends against threats in the air

Thirty some years after the end of the Cold War, missiles remain a threat to the United States. And now space where most crucial military communications occur has also become a contested domain.

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Pay & Benefits

Biden officially plans 4.6% average pay raise for federal employees in 2023

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Lawmakers seek OPM update on plans to expand infertility coverage for federal employees

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Technology

CACI wins $5.7 billion award to start privatizing Air Force network management

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OMB seeks feedback on plans to bridge federal ‘data divide’ hampering equity goals

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Workforce

How its managers say the IRS will deal with the latest spending bill

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