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A few changes are here for TSP’s My Account, with more on the way

Now one year after the tumultuous TSP update last June, recent changes to My Account show FRTIB’s goal of slow but steady improvements for participants.

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IRS faces $20B cut from modernization fund under debt ceiling agreement

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Debt Limit

Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress

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House lawmakers concerned half of VA's IT contracting dollars going to 10 firms

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National Debt Fact Focus

Agencies know what to do during a government shutdown, but default is new territory

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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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How BOP Director Colette Peters plans to raise employee engagement

All week the Federal Drive has examined the Bureau of Prisons, which ranks as, “The Worst Place to Work in the Federal Government,” according to the annual listing derived from employee viewpoint survey results and compiled by the Partnership for Public Service. To finish the series, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talks with Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters, who has been on the job for almost a year

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Memorial Day look at the undercounted veterans who die by suicide from the battlefield

On Memorial Day, we recall those who didn’t return. The tragic pattern of those who return only to take their own lives, that’s an ongoing challenge.

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Dissatisfied with OPM’s data, Republicans ask individual agencies for telework details

Outdated information in OPM’s annual telework report propelled House Republicans to change gears. They are now looking for answers from individual agencies on telework’s numbers and impact.

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Industry Exchange Data 2023: How to gain an edge in edge computing

As agencies seek to push data to the edge, it’s important to understand that “edge” involves a range of elements that must be managed and secured, explains Dell Technologies’ Kelsey Monaghan. Learn more about what that means for agencies.

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Space Development Agency’s LEO satellites allow for middle tier acquisition

Space Force uses an acquisition formula that allows for satellite deliveries in a two-year time frame with increasing numbers in each delivery.

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DISA’s plan to solve the facility clearance conundrum for small businesses

Carlen Capenos, the director of small business programs for the Defense Information Systems Agency, said a June 13 webinar will help small businesses understand what it takes to get a facility clearance.

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DeJoy rebuffs USPS regulator looking into agency’s ‘dramatic changes’ to cut costs

The Postal Service’s financial losses are deepening, and more than double what the agency expected so far this fiscal year.

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A one-time inmate shows the federal prison system can — and often does — achieve its mission

he BOP Mission Statement also references “custody and care, not jails and guards.”  Federal Drive with Tom Temin takes a look a look at one success. Eddie Ellis was convicted of manslaughter, did part of his sentence in the Florence, Colorado super-max prison, and returned to society. He now works for juvenile-sentencing reform. This is a personal, intimate, and instructive interview.

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A few changes are here for TSP’s My Account, with more on the way

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TSP

A few changes are here for TSP’s My Account, with more on the way

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House lawmakers concerned half of VA’s IT contracting dollars going to 10 companies

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Workforce

House lawmakers concerned half of VA’s IT contracting dollars going to 10 companies

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Postal Service Electric Vehicles

DeJoy rebuffs USPS regulator considering more ‘proactive’ role in postal oversight

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