Federal Report
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Three young professionals shared both the good and the bad of getting their start in the federal government.
July 03, 2023 -
As Independence Day nears, let's think about federal employees doing things to agency missions and U.S. ideals
June 29, 2023 -
The Defense Department plans to encourage retention among service members, including with financial incentives and quality of life improvements.
June 26, 2023 -
Acquisition is more than a routine, if complicated, administrative process. It takes skill, collaboration and strategic thinking.
June 22, 2023 -
The State Department’s Foreign Service is recruiting a new generation of its IT workforce, and training them to support its diplomatic mission at posts across the globe.
June 19, 2023 -
Understaffing everywhere you look is making employees work into overdrive
June 15, 2023 -
Now back from space, three NASA astronauts have a new mission: to help recruit the next generation of federal employees.
June 09, 2023 -
Like many agencies, DHS is trying to recruit new tech talent. But the agency also wants to advance professional development opportunities for its existing IT specialists.
June 02, 2023 -
Series on BOP, the worst place to work in the federal government, sparks a lot of feedback
June 01, 2023 -
The Defense Department says it doesn't favor adding its workforce to OPM's new special salary rate for IT and cyber employees, largely for cost reasons. But it does want to expand its own special pay system known as the Cyber Excepted Service.
May 26, 2023 -
Treasury has a way to ensure continuity of Social Security benefits payments without the need to raise the debt ceiling
May 25, 2023 -
I think it's safe to say, from here on out, people will have the choice to either "go in," or telework at least some portion of the week.
May 18, 2023 -
Miller said she was unaware of any data about the success rate of these types of attacks, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of companies losing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars to these scam artists.
May 12, 2023 -
The Postal Service says it’s getting operations on the right track after years of pandemic-related challenges. But the American Postal Workers Union says the agency remains too short-staffed to meet service standards, leading to burnout and a high rate of employee turnover
May 05, 2023 -
Agree or disagree, book arguing against public employee unions is worth a read
May 04, 2023