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$IT modernization is a priority for Biden\'s OMB pick, but she acknowledges funding challenges$

IT modernization is a priority for Biden's OMB pick, but she acknowledges funding challenges

Management
Tue February 9, 2021

The president also tapped Pam Coleman, the former personnel director for the state of New Mexico, to serve as the Office of Management and Budget's point person on federal workforce issues.

Congresswoman wants security clearance applicants to submit social media activity

Federal Newscast
Wed February 3, 2021

In today's Federal Newscast, one member of Congress wants the Defense Department to start looking at social media posts as part of the security clearance process.

Former head of DHS digital service to be new CIO

CIO News
Tue February 2, 2021

Eric Hysen worked on the Biden transition team before heading to Homeland Security.

Agencies finally shedding the bad rap of being a technology laggard

Reporter's Notebook
Tue January 19, 2021

New survey of chief information officers from the Professional Services Council and Attain, and interviews with agency leaders, show they are implementing new technology at a rate that isn’t as far behind industry as it used to be.

Stop the presses: $9B for the TMF!?

Tom Temin Commentary
Mon January 18, 2021

Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.

Data scientist hiring campaign maxes out applications in less than 2 days

Hiring/Retention
Fri January 15, 2021

A coalition of agencies led by the Office of Personnel Management is putting out a governmentwide call to hire data scientists at a faster pace than what would normally happen under the federal hiring system.

Biden proposal calls investments in federal IT ‘an urgent national security issue’

Budget
Fri January 15, 2021

President-elect Biden announces American Rescue Plan that includes significant funding increases for federal technology and cybersecurity to address long-standing challenges.

$Congresswoman says CBP has not fulfilled subpoenas for information on officers\' online activity$

Congresswoman says CBP has not fulfilled subpoenas for information on officers' online activity

Federal Newscast
Tue January 12, 2021

In today's Federal Newscast, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee says Customs and Border Protection has yet to satisfy her document requests.

Meet the agency transition teams for President-Elect Biden

Management
Tue November 10, 2020

President-Elect Joe Biden has packed his agency transition teams with former Obama-era appointees and former agency leaders. Read a roundup of some of the familiar faces reviewing the agencies most important to federal employees.

Labor Department: Data hub implementation

Reporter's Notebook
Mon November 9, 2020

The Labor Deparment is using its $3.5 million from the TMF to supplement the modernization of the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system.

VA cooking up new guide of CX strategies, training institute for its own employees

Veterans Affairs
Mon October 19, 2020

After several successful runs at customer experience pilots in recent years, the Department of Veterans will soon publish a CX best practices guide for other agencies..

USDA Secretary in hot water for talking politics on a work trip

Federal Newscast
Fri October 9, 2020

In today's Federal Newscast, a cabinet secretary gets a bill and a slap on the wrist for a recent alleged Hatch Act violation.

SBA’s Cavallo to take modernization successes to OPM

CIO News
Tue August 18, 2020

Guy Cavallo, the SBA deputy chief information officer, will become the principal deputy CIO at OPM starting on Sept. 14.

4 lessons from SBA’s $30M Certify platform debacle

Reporter's Notebook
Mon August 17, 2020

The Small Business Administration’s inspector general found the four-year effort to develop a single platform, Certify.SBA.gov, for small businesses to apply for socioeconomic contracting programs fell well short of its goals.

OPM to host listening sessions with agencies, private sector on new federal hiring EO

Hiring/Retention
Tue August 11, 2020

A June hiring executive order represents the biggest shift in the way agencies evaluate and assess applicants for federal employment since the Carter administration, an Office of Personnel Management official told Federal News Network.

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