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Financial Management

All agencies to give grant funding opportunities a facelift

A year since it launched, the Council of Federal Financial Assistance already is improving the transparency, accountability and results of grant funding.

Federal Insights

HISP deep dive: Elevating federal digital services

Workforce

Wildland firefighters at the Forest Service work beyond their job duties. Their union says that’s a big problem

Federal Newscast

Federal employees likely to see 2% pay raise in 2025

Workforce

An updated list of agencies’ return-to-office postures

Facilities/Construction

Homeland Security returns money to a state hosting a spiffy new lab

Cloud Computing

Cloud Exchange 2024: GSA's Adam Grandt-Nesher, USDA's Arianne Gallagher-Welcher on future of federal digital services

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Contracting

Ten federal agencies receive 'A+' in annual scorecard measuring small business contracting goals

Small business, SBA, contracting

Workforce

First Look GOP senators seek IG review to see if SBA office space remains underutilized

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Workforce

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

USDA Buidling

Management

USDA putting $100M to work to modernize key benefits program

Tony Brannum

A Deeper Look with Joe Paiva

A Deeper Look at the Agriculture Department

USDA-relocation

All About Data

USDA on a mission to make its workforce more data savvy

Joe Biden

Federal Newscast

Seven federal agencies band together to form new 'Climate Corps'

Workforce

OMB focused on automation, federal employee satisfaction as keys to better public-facing services

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Cybersecurity

53 job opportunities, and counting, on new cyber rotation platform for feds

Congress Israel

Federal Newscast

Senate takes big step to avoid government shutdown

USDA relocation

Workforce

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

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Workforce

650,000 federal paychecks at risk, as IT, workforce challenges threaten National Finance Center

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Tom Temin Commentary

This agency could stop your paycheck cold

After walking down a gravel road to do recon on a fire cresting into the trees, a wildland firefighter grimaces as he walks back to his crew on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at the Bedrock Fire north of Lenore, Idaho. Lenore is about 30 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

Budget

White House asks Congress to keep firefighters from falling off the pay cliff

cybersecurity

Ask the CIO

USDA leaning harder into software-as-a-service to satisfy mission needs

USDA employees and Alexandria Sheriff’s department participate in the 2nd annual Feds Feed Families “Stuff the Truck” event in Alexandria, VA on August 10, 2022. USDA employees nationwide are encouraged to participate with the Day of Giving activities and conduct Stuff the Truck events on August 10th. USDA photo by Emily Buday

People

July, the time for weenies and pretzels and beer, and for USDA, feeding the hungry

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