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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event to celebrate Black History Month, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

Federal unions have seen a roughly 20% increase in bargaining unit membership governmentwide, with close to 80,000 feds joining a union between 2021 and 2022.

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CISA lays out post-EINSTEIN future with shift to ‘Cyber Analytics and Data System’

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DoD decades behind private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs, study finds

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Tune into the 2023 DoD Cloud Exchange

Be sure to catch Deputy DoD CIO Lily Zeleke's keynote interview on DoD's plans to rationalize IT systems across the department through smart cloud adoption and improve user experience at 1:00 p.m. EDT, March 21.

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VA EHR linked to veterans 'fatally harmed,' senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

VA is telling Congress it understands what went wrong in previous deployments of its new Electronic Health Record, and is confident short-term fixes will allow the agency to resume the project.

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DHS organizing new directorate to lead CX efforts

DHS has brought on a U.S. Digital Service veteran to lead a new customer experience directorate.

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Law enforcement or ‘security guards?’ USPS spars with union over postal police role

The Postal Service is seeing a significant increase in letter carrier robberies and mail theft, but the union representing its shrinking police force says the agency is preventing them from protecting carriers on delivery routes.

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How agencies can find the best candidates, bring best talent into government

Discover how data, technology and new recruiting strategies are helping USDA, EPA, GSA, NASA and NIH succeed in the race for talent, especially when it comes to high tech, science and other hard-to-fill positions.

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Congress takes up more of the budget this week...and a few repeals

Budget hearings will take up much of Congress’s time this week. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will be big, plus there is a vote on a nomination to a crucial DOT agency.

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This tribal leader wants sovereignty restored that she says the government erased 50 years ago

Among the longtime Native American tribes, consider the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. It once occupied land in what is now in California’s Santa Clara and San Francisco counties. The Bureau of Indian Affairs recognizes nearly 600 indigenous tribes, but not the Muwekma Ohlone.

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Social Security establishes a new office just for native Americans

The Social Security Administration recently established an office for helping Native Americans. The agency, in its words, wants to elevate and centralize efforts devoted to tribal members and Alaska Natives.

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Potential liability for companies, means a level of concern

The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) is a global advocate for technology, representing some of the world’s most-notable and innovative companies. ITI promotes public policies and industry standards that advance competition and innovation worldwide.

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Defense News

DoD decades behind private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs, study finds

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Pay & Benefits

It’s not 2008, but people worry about savings and investments

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Law enforcement or ‘security guards?’ USPS spars with union over postal police role

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Technology

Maintaining momentum: 3 strategies to avoid digital modernization stall-outs

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Workforce

For their many climate-related missions, federal agencies need robust climate intelligence

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White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

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