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State Dept. surges hiring amid 'historically high' demand for passports to drive down wait times

The State Department, facing a historic increase in passport applicants, is looking to ramp up hiring and modernize its IT systems to drive down wait times.

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Tom Temin’s Fourth Annual Motorcycle Ride For Charity is coming

Bringing federal and industry motorcycle enthusiasts together, this event raises money for three federally-connected, 501(c)3 charitable organizations. Proceeds will benefit the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, Friends of Patients at the NIH and the U.S. War Dogs Association.

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TSP class-action lawsuit alleges harm to ‘hundreds, if not thousands,’ of participants

The TSP participants who filed the class-action lawsuit said although the mistakes were foreseeable and avoidable, processing delays caused serious financial damages to federal employees seeking loans and withdrawals.

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Space Force takes holistic approach to fitness

The Space Force offers guardians an alternative to physical fitness tests with a new holistic health program.

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How Farmers.gov really launched USDA’s next generation of cloud services

Casey Cook, the cloud architecture branch chief for the Agriculture Department, said seven mission areas are taking advantage of more than 300 APIs to make data sharing among new and legacy systems easier.

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DOJ OIP leads effort to set FOIA tool tech standards across government

The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy is leading a governmentwide effort to set technology standards for tools agencies use to manage a growing volume of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

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Two-thirds of USPS rural carriers see significant pay cuts under new system

The Postal Service is telling lawmakers that rural carriers have the resources they need to ensure fair compensation under a new pay system that’s been in the works for more than a decade.

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DoD suddenly abandons $374 million plan to replace Defense Travel System

The Pentagon has cancelled its replacement for the Defense Travel System (DTS) after five years of development and tens of millions of dollars in spending. The system, MyTravel, will end in September, and employees will revert back to using DTS for the foreseeable future.

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Diplomacy takes more than diplomats, it also takes data

For the second year, the State Department has recognized employees who enable better use of data in the art of diplomacy. Data for diplomacy is both an awards program and a part of the department’s modernization plan. This year’s group award went to people in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations for their work in a program called the Conflict Observatory.

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Sometimes the defense-industrial complex looks like a tug-of-war

A new problem has emerged for the long-troubled F-35 joint strike fighter program. It concerns spare parts, and who accounts for them. Are they government-furnished parts or should they be accounted for under a contract.

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Pentagon has a new plan for ‘customer-led’ IT service delivery in OSD offices

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Autonomous vehicles may soon be making their way to the front lines

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Pay & Benefits

Two-thirds of USPS rural carriers see significant pay cuts under new system

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After ‘failed’ Converge rollout, TSP participants file class-action lawsuit

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Technology

Pentagon has a new plan for ‘customer-led’ IT service delivery in OSD offices

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State Dept. surges hiring amid ‘historically high’ demand for passports to drive down wait times

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State Dept. surges hiring amid ‘historically high’ demand for passports to drive down wait times

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