Commentary
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The federal government operates an increasingly distributed mission. From battlefields to warehouses to agricultural inspections, agencies need a technology architecture that adapts to their dispersed yet complex computing needs.
January 18, 2022 -
A growing number of savvy feds are and have been rolling outside money into the TSP at an impressive and growing scale.
January 18, 2022 -
The Pentagon announced in November a new “strategic direction” for its Cyber Maturity Model Certification, calling it CMMC 2.0 and essentially admitting the first iteration was overly complex and costly.
January 17, 2022 -
You can't personally change perceptions of federal employee ... or can't you?
January 17, 2022 -
Although small businesses are, by definition, small, federal government procurements set-aside for small business contractors are significant.
January 14, 2022 -
A short blog post doesn't do justice to the Presidential Rank Award recipients.
January 14, 2022 -
For the past several months, there has been a frantic scrambling by all stakeholders involved in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to determine the best path forward to secure the nation’s supply chain.
January 13, 2022 -
The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) requires some-to-considerable thought and work from those who want to maximize their total retirement benefits.
January 13, 2022 -
Are you concerned about your estate after you pass? Tom O’Rourke, a Washington area attorney who specializes in tax and estate law, shares his guide on how to avoid the most common estate planning errors.
January 12, 2022 -
In following its congressional mandate to keep-it-simple, keep-it-inexpensive to operate, the TSP doesn’t offer some perks that outside plans (that often cost users much, much more) do.
January 11, 2022 -
In many cases, the reactive nature of upskilling efforts led many organizations to overlook the importance and necessity of collecting, organizing and analyzing upskilling performance data, let alone integrating it into pre-existing learning ecosystems.
January 10, 2022 -
This statement, issued on January 4, 2022, is in response to the interview and open letter from AFGE Local 2463 President Reginald Booth. Those can be found here and here.
January 07, 2022 -
That 2.7 percent raise doesn't look like so much with prices on the rise. Inflation is scariest for retirees.
January 07, 2022 -
President Joe Biden is forcefully accusing Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” with his election lies that sparked last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol
January 07, 2022 -
Choosing the optimal software platform, as well as strategically choosing the right innovation partner, is one of the key steps to fruitful modernization, allowing leaders to properly address long-term needs and future-proof pivotal infrastructure.
January 06, 2022