Federal Drive

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2011 file photo shows Tthe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A heart valve sits on a stool between two soybeans

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office passed the 11 million patents granted milestone just three years after 10 million.

Tom Temin Commentary

Whistleblower advocates say federal employees need some educating

Workforce

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This Homeland Security program helps agencies deal with ongoing cyber threats

Cybersecurity

Contractors design strategies for dealing with the latest executive order on cybersecurity

Contracting

State Dept has contracting oversight issues in Iraq

Contracting

Workforce

Next EEOC conference tackles the latest developments in unlawful discrimination

Each year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosts a training conference for HR and EEO practitioners in both government and industry.

Congress hints, Postal Service reform might be a real possibility this year

Even as it debates a trillion here and a trillion there, Congress hasn’t overlooked some of the close-to-home issues like federal pay.

Congress

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, center, arrives at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

DoD says service members and civilian employees can leave masks at home if vaccinated

Federal Newscast

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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, Transportation Security Administration agents check travelers identifications at a security check point area in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints. Many travelers had been worried that the Transportation Security Administration would penalize them because of a federal law requiring the more-stringent IDs at the start of this year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

An Energy Department lab is perfecting a way to speed up TSA airport screening

Technology

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This federal executive spends her days looking after the welfare of four presidents

Management

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An update on efforts by VA to prevent veteran suicides

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this April 7, 2020 file photo, voters masked against coronavirus line up for Wisconsin's primary election in Milwaukee. A new legal challenge to Gov. Tony Evers' latest mask mandate is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, filed less than a week after the Legislature struck down a previous order and the governor quickly issued a new one. Prominent Republican donor Jere Fabick asked the court late Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, to issue a temporary injunction to block the mask order Evers issued on Feb. 4, just after the GOP-controlled Legislature voted to repeal an earlier order.(AP Photo/Morry Gash File)

IG: OPM could’ve done better job informing its workers about possible COVID exposures

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The move is one of several that officials outlined Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

We don’t pay them enough for this

Federal Report

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Following the disclosure of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and private organizations, governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

‘Don’t fear hackers, hire them.’