In today's Federal Newscast, federal managers say they need more guidance from the Biden administration about the new vaccine and testing policy for employees.
Read more about Federal managers worried about implementing White House's vaccine and testing policies
White House named Mina Hsiang as the new administrator of USDS replacing Matt Cutts, who left in April after four years as the acting or permanent leader.
Read more about In goodbye message, Chaillan unloads his frustrations over DoD’s technology culture, processes
Budding IT professionals with software engineering, data science, design, cybersecurity and other critical skills are eligible to apply to the Digital Corps fellowship, a two-year, paid opportunity designed specifically for entry-level talent.
Read more about Entry-level tech talent the focus of GSA's new Digital Corps fellowship
The Biden administration is calling on agencies to identify bottlenecks that make their public-facing services inaccessible to certain demographics.
Read more about OMB finds agency data needs work to understand inequality in public-facing services
In today's Federal Newscast, the Navy surgeon general says he favor a vaccine mandate for military members.
Read more about Navy's top doctor says it may be time to require COVID-19 vaccine for service members
DHS Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen said the much-anticipated Cyber Talent Management System will serve as the driving force behind his top-tier priority of investing in the department’s IT workforce.
Read more about DHS CIO highlights ways to strengthen cyber workforce under IT modernization strategy
Alma Cole, the chief information security officer for the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Department of Homeland Security, is leaving to join Caterpillar, a global information services company, as the deputy CISO.
Read more about HUD, OPM gain new technology executives, CBP losing its CISO
The Chief Data Officers Council is getting feedback from agency CDOs on the niche they’re carving out in their agencies’ org chart and how they’re handling their work.
Read more about Who is a CDO’s boss? Survey finds mixed role in agency hierarchy
The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.
Read more about For IT, cyber policy goals, dig beneath the numbers of Biden’s 2022 request
The upskilling program gives agencies a chance to fill critical skill gaps faster than what they could accomplish by onboarding new talent through the competitive hiring process.
Read more about First cohort of federal employees graduate from OMB's data science upskilling program
A total of 23 institutions are now part of the Federal Academic Alliance, an Office of Personnel Management program that connects employees with colleges and universities, and offers degree programs at a lower price.
Read more about More schools will offer continuing education to federal employees at lower price
OMB released new guidance to agencies today for how the Technology Modernization Fund board will loan out the windfall funding Congress approved.
Read more about OMB tells agencies how they can win some of the $1B in the Technology Modernization Fund
In today's Federal Newscast, two committee chairmen criticize the White House. A Navy plan to cut doctors is getting reexamined. The NSF wants to hand out $22 million to teams of problems solvers.
Read more about Two powerful chairmen criticize White House for 'dragging its feet' on defense spending
In today's Federal Newscast, the Treasury Department is standing up a central office to oversee COVID-19 economic relief spending.
Read more about New office in Treasury Dept will oversee COVID-19 relief spending
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Publishing Office is taking on a massive project to digitize every federal document in its National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information.
Read more about GPO taking on ambitious task of digitizing every publicly available federal document
