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While all of the focus on the OPM-GSA merger has been on OPM’s shortcomings, it is safe to say that the federal government as a whole has not covered itself with respect to management issues.

Both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management are building new leadership development models for a modern era.

Former DHS chief human capital officer Jeff Neal says he didn’t used to, but that the recent USDA situation makes him think the civil service might in fact be broken.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the head of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, wants all hands on deck to address veteran suicide.

The agency’s IG report on two Trump administration appointees reads like a politicals’ manual for what not to do.

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies have one less thing to worry about for the final six weeks of fiscal 2019, budget cuts due to sequestration are not on the table.

USDA is the latest agency to announce a new training and reskilling opportunity, this time geared for rising IT employees interested in becoming a CIO or CISO.

Patrick Pizzella, acting Labor secretary, spent time at the agency in the 2000s and is using that knowledge to push the pace of change in technology, human resources and driving decisions through data.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing new training and policies for both employees and investigators within the agency’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.

Federal News Network is conducting a survey of federal employees about the current state of managers in the government. We also want to know what skillsets, capabilities and training these managers will need over the next 3-to-5 years.

As federal work has shifted, grades have crept up to the point where traditional job classification is almost a thing of the past.

For many dedicated, ambitious, career civil servants getting into the elite Senior Executive Service is a very big deal.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group in the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants more information about VA’s plans to curb sexual harassment.

In today’s Federal Newscast, another former member of the intelligence community was found to have conspired with Chinese intelligence services.