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OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

After reaching about 80% compliance, OMB’s Jason Miller tells lawmakers he expects agencies to completely follow through with 50% in-office presence for feds.

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After a return-to-office, DOJ employee groups call for more flexibility

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CX Exchange '24 DoD Tashona Beale

CX Exchange 2024: DoD’s Tashona Beale on Washington Headquarters Services’ first-ever CX management plan

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Survey: Feds question the ‘why’ behind return-to-office push

A Federal News Network survey of 6,300 feds finds leaders’ return-to-office visions aren’t meeting reality for many employees with new in-office requirements.

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Federal News Network's 2024 CX Exchange is on demand!

Federal News Network's 2024 CX Exchange is on demand!

How are agencies elevating the total experience, both for the public and for federal employees?

Watch all the discussions from CX Exchange on demand now!

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Everything you need to know about the 2025 budget request

President Joe Biden sent his 2025 budget request to Congress. Federal News Network has the numbers and analysis to know what's most important to your job.

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Federal News Network's StateRAMP Exchange 2024 is on demand!

Federal News Network's StateRAMP Exchange 2024 is on demand!

How does StateRAMP continue to evolve and how are agencies across state governments moving to the cloud?

Watch all the discussions from the StateRAMP Exchange on demand now!

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Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

New to civil service? We created this guide to provide insights and pointers to first-time feds. Be inspired by careerists and also get pointers to make the transition to your new job as smooth as possible. (Pssst: It includes health and life insurance cheat sheets too!)

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Hawaii Tainted Water

More than a dozen military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water

A trial for a mass environmental injury is starting more than two years after a jet fuel leak in Pearl Harbor’s drinking water poisoned thousands of people.

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WH aims to transition nearly 100K federal IT jobs to skills-based hiring

The Biden administration sees skills-based hiring, as opposed to relying on college degrees, as the key to making up the cyber talent deficit.

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‘It is cubicle city’: Office space suboptimal for collaboration, survey finds

As agencies aim to improve in-person collaboration, Federal News Network’s survey of 6,300 feds finds many don’t think return-to-office layouts are up to par.

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DoD Cloud Exchange: How can the department streamline cloud operations at scale?

By leaning into managed services to help identify and proliferate common services across apps, DoD can reduce the complexity of scaling up cloud use, explains Akamai Defense’s Robert Gordon.

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This new zero-day cybersecurity threat aimed at critical infrastructure

On the cybersecurity front, every week seems to bring a new threat. A recent one in the category of advanced persistent threat is known as Volt Typhoon.

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Agency enhanced decision making through risk appetite lens

The Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM) survey showed 66% of all respondents said their ERM program is led by a chief risk officer.

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FTC rule on non-compete employees has contractors worried

Non-compete clauses have been an important tool for companies to protect intellectual property and ensure they get treated fairly when employees leave.

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How CBP looks after mental health of employees

Sixty seconds of video from the U.S.-Mexico border will show you that Customs and Border Protection patrol officers have high stress jobs.

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Defense News

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After a return-to-office, DOJ employee groups call for more flexibility

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Pay & Benefits

Social Security

Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

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Technology

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Whistleblower law book and gavel in a court.

Jumping on the whistleblower bandwagon: DOJ announces departmentwide pilot program to incentivize individual reporting

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After a return-to-office, DOJ employee groups call for more flexibility

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