Commentary
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Hey you in the career federal workforce. Wanna be a hero? Try keeping that clueless new appointee out of trouble. There’s a good chance the Biden appointees sent your way — either there already or…
January 22, 2021 -
The inauguration showed continuity reflected in the building where it took place.
January 21, 2021 -
With a new administration in place, for better or worse depending on where you stand, the view of federal employees may shift after a rocky 4 years.
January 21, 2021 -
There is much to be done to restore trust in our government and the people who make it work. Commentator Jeff Neal says we can start by filling the gaping holes in some agencies, so our agencies are staffed to do their work.
January 20, 2021 -
Inauguration Day is the perfect time to ask yourself where you will be 4 years from now. Looking for advice? Usually a good idea, provided you ask the right person.
January 20, 2021 -
While many are delighted the old guard is being replaced, some long time feds recall that it is often easier for politicians who are “friends’ of civil servants to stitch them up when necessary.
January 19, 2021 -
Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.
January 18, 2021 -
If there is a plan for vaccination of federal employees, will someone please reveal it?
January 15, 2021 -
Federal government came through the riots looking about the same.
January 14, 2021 -
Tough times, which are always relevant, happen in government. And sometimes especially at or near the top. Each time rank-and-file employees get a pay raise, folks, often the bosses, at the Grade 15 level get nothing because of an artificial but very real pay ceiling.
January 14, 2021 -
It is important to reinstate diversity training right away, but also to fix what doesn’t work.
January 13, 2021 -
Lots of lessons can be learned from last year that can help you make better decisions for your financial outlook in 2021 and beyond.
January 13, 2021 -
Tomorrow’s architecture needs to support the range of locations wherever work happens and data flows – the edge, the data center core and the cloud.
January 12, 2021 -
Thousands of active and retired federal workers have gotten or are gonna get a real kick in the assets this month. That’s when they feel the impact of January health plan increases on their paychecks.
January 12, 2021 -
The SFS program is the most effective tool available for the U.S. government and its nearly 80 partners in academia to collaborate on ensuring that the future government cybersecurity workforce is prepared to protect Americans’ increasingly digital lives.
January 08, 2021