Commentary
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With Baby Boomers leaving the workforce (one in four federal employees indicated they had plans to retire within five years in 2019), the race to find replacements, particularly for vital IT roles, is clearly on.
August 03, 2022 -
Most feds under the old CSRS program are already retired. About 99% of the current workforce is under the FERS retirement plan, which has many moving parts, many options and puts you largely in the drivers seat.
August 03, 2022 -
The intelligence community (IC) has stepped up its data practices. Across 18 different intelligence agencies, chief data officers have been working to improve data lifecycle management.
August 02, 2022 -
Depending on which side you’re on, GPO and WEP either rightly save taxpayers a lot of money or, more commonly, they rob tens of thousands of retirees or their spouses from Social Security benefits.
August 02, 2022 -
Drop it, leave it in the rain or blazing hot sunshine, and the Toughbook 40 will keep on running.
August 01, 2022 -
While necessary to harness the federal government’s buying power in addressing the climate crisis, new acquisition regulations could inadvertently serve as a barrier to entry for small businesses.
July 29, 2022 -
Does any reasonable person think that having 50,000 more political appointees turning over every four or eight years is a good idea?
July 28, 2022 -
The health of the U.S. economy and well-being of our citizens relies on secure critical infrastructure but the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 has not been updated since it was first introduced.
July 27, 2022 -
Are you, or anyone you know, considering leaving your office or agency for a more friendly work-from-home situation? Or are the critics correct that the taxpayers — not only downtown merchants — have lost something since teleworking surged?
July 27, 2022 -
The changes in the TSP have pleased many. And rattled a lot of others. There have been widespread complaints about unanswered phone calls or e-mails.
July 26, 2022 -
Feds are likely to get the word, this week, that membership in the TSP millionaires club has plunged.
July 25, 2022 -
As cyber threats have continued to increase in frequency and sophistication in recent years, the government signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is designed to assist all levels of government in preventing, protecting and responding to cyber-attacks.
July 25, 2022 -
The White House and members of Congress are calling for more collection of LGBTQ data by federal agencies. But this is something people have recommended doing for years.
July 22, 2022 -
The time is now to apply the TAA, consistent with the regulatory thresholds, to small business set-aside procurements where there is a waiver of the NMR.
July 22, 2022 -
Brandon DeVault, a security author for Pluralsight and a cyber threat hunter on the Mission Defense Team for the Florida National Guard, writes about the power of zero trust and his passion for its implementation.
July 22, 2022