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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation revealed five instances in which outgoing employees inadvertently downloaded information onto their personal storage devices. FDIC officials said the agency is conducting a 60-day review that includes additional employee training and the application of encryption software to help prevent future breaches.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order May 6 establishing the White House Transition Coordinating Council to begin facilitating the process of passing the torch to the new administration.
More than 200 participants dashed between the raindrops during the May 1 Public Service 5K Run/Walk, raising $300,000 for the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund.
The Office of Personnel Management received fewer new federal retirement claims than it processed in April, allowing the agency to cut its once-sizable backlog down to a more manageable size.
In this heated election season, the Government Accountability Office finds that some military absentee voting bugaboos persist, and the brass needs to do more about it. Brenda Farrell, GAO's director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues, shared her insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
At nearly 400 pages, the Veterans First Act, which the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee introduced last week, covers everything from veterans homelessness to more flexible work hours for VA doctors and nurses. But VA's senior executives are still the main target of the legislation.
Think about how government workers have supported you in your day-to-day life and, where you can say thank you to them for what they do every day.
Secretary Julian Castro greets and thanks Department of Housing and Urban Development employees Tuesday outside of HUD's Washington headquarters.
The U.S. Postal Service procurement officials say supply chain diversity not only brings small, minority-owned, and women-owned companies into the business of government, but keeps the agency flexible enough to meet new challenges.
No contractor wants to hire felons to work on federal contracts. So, they use background checks as part of the hiring process. But that can get you into hot water too if the company policy ends up discriminating against people in legally protected categories. Kenneth Rosenberg, a partner at Fox Rothschild, sheds some light on this subject on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
As part of the Hiring Excellence campaign, OPM is going on the road to speak with the federal HR community in the field. The goal is to better educate HR specialists and hiring managers about the wide variety of authorities and flexibilities they already have to recruit and hire new talent.
The Homeland Security Department is about to roll out a new series of incentive payments to lure cyber experts from the private sector and keep them in the civil service.