Federal Drive

diplomacy, foreign service, State Department Foreign Service

How the State Department fills an ongoing need for information technology talent

The State Department recently chose 15 college students for this year’s round of Foreign Affairs Information Technology fellowships.

Workforce

The Supreme Court ruling that falls squarely on the contractor-government intersection

Contracting

A big Defense cybersecurity requirement for contractors moves closer to reality

Cybersecurity

FDIC Chair Nomination

After allegations of a hostile work environment, the FDIC adds two new offices

Federal Newscast

Congress, contractors, 2025 budget, 2025 appropriations, government, ongressional staff, Congress, minibus, funding, budget

The big news in Congress this week? You already know it

Congress

Chevron deference, Supreme Court

What the Supreme Court decision overturning Chevron deference means to you

Management

U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda

military spouse, U.S. Air Force Capt. Jennifer Orozco, 60th Medical Operations Squadron clinical social worker and her spouse, Josue, participate in the Military Spouse Appreciation Day campaign at Travis Air Force Base, California, April 7, 2022.

The Army moves to make spouses financial lives more viable

Army

CBP, Enforce and Protect Act

CBP updates how it treats business information in anti-dumping investigations

Management

Tammy Flanagan

Why you need a strategy when it’s time to claim Social Security benefits

Retirement

Bob Tobias

Why long-term funding is what agencies need, yet what they worry about

Congress

Judges wooden gavel resting on a law book in a courtroom conceptual of judgements, crime, punishment, and justice

False Claims Act allegations leave two contractors with millions of dollars in fines

Federal Newscast

A sign outside a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facility.

She proved you can reform a large agency stuck in its ways

Lots of promising and low-cost drugs get down people’s gullets thanks to decades of reform at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Workforce

Retirement, debt, TSP

Working or retired, don’t overlook either side of the spending-saving equation

Federal employees thinking about retirement –and if you’re not, you should be — tend to concentrate on what they can save.

Retirement

ocean economy, ocean policy, Climate Migration Alaska Disappearing Island

News about preserving the nation’s coastlines and the oceans they lead to

Among its priorities, the Biden administration wants to help clean up the oceans and make the use of them more sustainable.

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