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Yossi May/Department of Veterans AffairsSeptember 7-9, 2022, Washington, D.C.-  The VA NAII 2022 BRAIN Summit brought together AI specialists, researchers and NAII colleagues to discuss AI advancements and benefits to Veteran health. (VA/Yossi May)
September 7-9, 2022, Washington, D.C.- The VA NAII 2022 BRAIN Summit brought together AI specialists, researchers and NAII colleagues to discuss AI advancements and benefits to Veteran health. (VA/Yossi May)

Senate passes $3B VA supplemental funding bill, averting delay in veterans’ benefits

VA needed emergency funding by Friday to avoid delays in compensation and pension benefit payments that go to 7 million veterans and their survivors.

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Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Garret Graves (R-Pa.) gathered advocates in front of the Capitol building Wednesday morning, urging a vote to repeal WEP and GPO, two provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for certain public servants. After just one week, the lawmakers’ discharge petition to push the Social Security Fairness Act to a floor vote reached the 218 required signatures. (Abigail Spanberger staff photo)

Bill to repeal WEP, GPO reaches threshold to force a House floor vote

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GSA's FAS streamlining federal procurement by updating GSA Advantage, improving UX, reducing PALT

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Federal benefits are major draw to service for younger employees

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DIA sees STEM pay supplement as a ‘powerful recruiting tool’

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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: Does FEHB cover weight loss medications?

Feds with Benefits: Does FEHB cover weight loss medications?

As part of their initiative to prevent and treat obesity, OPM has required FEHB carriers to cover at least one GLP-1 drug for weight loss since early 2023.

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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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Federal employees have the opportunity to be a part of the world's largest and most successful workplace charity campaign

The Combined Federal Campaign giving season has officially begun. Federal employees have the opportunity to be a part of the world's largest and most successful workplace charity campaign by supporting wide-reaching non-profit organizations.

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USPS mail theft led to $688M in ‘suspicious activity’ tied to check fraud

Despite a declining use of checks in the U.S., criminals are increasingly targeting the mail to commit check fraud.

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U.S. Air Force basic military training trainees are issued

personal computers during in-processing as part of a pilot test under a

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement partnership at Joint Base San

Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Dec. 11, 2019. The computers replace all hard copy

textbooks BMT trainees currently use with the intent to help BMT assess

learning outcomes, value and return on investment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)

Air Force to increase its recruitment goal in 2025

“It’s ambitious, but I believe it is executable. The environment is still going to be tough in 2025,” Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein said.

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social seciurity, fraud, AI

You can almost taste the repeal of these social security holdbacks

“The biggest challenge on this has been the cost of repeal,” NARFE’s staff vice president John Hatton said.

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Neo4j Federal Insights

Add graph power to your data analytics

Whether preventing fraud, boosting knowledge management, or refining large language model results, graph databases help agencies get more out of large datasets.

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Americans can now renew passports online and bypass cumbersome paper applications

Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays.

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Troops in formation.

How obesity in the armed services has become a national security problem

“When you have two-thirds plus of the active duty military force that’s obese … you know you’ve got a huge problem,” Stephen Cheney said.

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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Secretary of the Navy Visit

Should the U.S. be better prepared to reinstate military conscription?

“I think the draft in the future scenario would look less like it did in Vietnam and more like it did during the world wars,” Taren Sylvester said.

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MSPB

MSPB looks to streamline processes, avoid fallout from future board vacancies

The goal of the new interim rule is to create an efficient, expedited appeals process, while addressing “potential flaws” in prior regulations, MSPB said.

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Defense News

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Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Garret Graves (R-Pa.) gathered advocates in front of the Capitol building Wednesday morning, urging a vote to repeal WEP and GPO, two provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for certain public servants. After just one week, the lawmakers’ discharge petition to push the Social Security Fairness Act to a floor vote reached the 218 required signatures. (Abigail Spanberger staff photo)

Bill to repeal WEP, GPO reaches threshold to force a House floor vote

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pay raise

DIA sees STEM pay supplement as a ‘powerful recruiting tool’

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payroll tax

Federal benefits are major draw to service for younger employees

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DIA sees STEM pay supplement as a ‘powerful recruiting tool’

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Americans can now renew passports online and bypass cumbersome paper applications

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DIA sees STEM pay supplement as a ‘powerful recruiting tool’

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Federal benefits are major draw to service for younger employees

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