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.
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The Labor Deparment is using its $3.5 million from the TMF to supplement the modernization of the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system.
Read more about Labor Department: Data hub implementation
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..
Read more about VA cooking up new guide of CX strategies, training institute for its own employees
In today's Federal Newscast, a cabinet secretary gets a bill and a slap on the wrist for a recent alleged Hatch Act violation.
Read more about USDA Secretary in hot water for talking politics on a work trip
Guy Cavallo, the SBA deputy chief information officer, will become the principal deputy CIO at OPM starting on Sept. 14.
Read more about SBA’s Cavallo to take modernization successes to OPM
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.
Read more about 4 lessons from SBA’s $30M Certify platform debacle
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.
Read more about OPM to host listening sessions with agencies, private sector on new federal hiring EO
Under a new executive order from President Donald Trump, agencies must revise and update job classification and qualification standards, and they'll be encouraged to prioritize skills-based assessments over a college degree when vetting and evaluating potential hires.
Read more about New Trump EO urges agencies to prioritize skills over college degrees in federal hiring
CMS' Office of Information Technology will hold an “upskilling summit” Wednesday to encourage employees to take courses in human-centered design, product management, cloud technology and cybersecurity.
Read more about CMS launches 'upskilling summit' for IT workforce to tackle modernization projects
In today's Federal Newscast, Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen says the volunteers will receive a wellness stipend to help cover costs associated with the evacuations, including health care.
Read more about Peace Corps volunteers sent home early due to pandemic will get financial aid from agency
It took agencies an average of 98 days to hire new talent, according to the most recent data available from 2018.
Read more about 98 days and counting, will federal hiring ever get easier?
The goal to train nearly 20% of all federal employees on cybersecurity, project management and data science skills is the Trump administration's most clear target yet in its ongoing efforts to modernize the existing workforce.
Read more about Trump's 2021 budget pledges training for 400,000 federal employees
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget request includes $125 million for the Technology Modernization Fund and the return of the priority for agencies to move to IPv6.
Read more about VA, HHS, SBA among biggest winners in $92B IT budget request for 2021
A new year brings many of the same priorities for the Trump administration and its workforce, but a new Performance.gov update notes plans to develop agility training for managers and double down on efforts to create federal career paths.
Read more about 2020 is the year for scaling up Trump administration workforce pilots
IRS now has a patent on a technology it won't use to solve a crucial problem.
Read more about IRS programming mystery continues
