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Senate takes big step to avoid government shutdown

In today’s Federal Newscast: President Biden plans to nominate a new second-in-command at the State Department. Military families could see improvements…

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USDA relocation

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

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

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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)

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

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

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

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USDA, EPA increasing in-office requirements for agency managers and supervisors

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Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) speaks to reporters in front of the Capitol building about workforce challenges for federal wildland firefighters. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

15 weeks until federal firefighters face ‘pay cliff,’ warn Forest Service, Interior officials

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/NicoElNinoPresentation about automation as an innovation improving productivity, reliability and repeatability in systems or processes

How Farmers.gov really launched USDA’s next generation of cloud services

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VA opts into Special Salary Rate for IT workforce, regardless of unclear governmentwide rollout

The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new pay model for its IT and cybersecurity employees later this year — whether or not a governmentwide…

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New analysis says some federal agency workforces have not fully recovered from previous administration

In today’s Federal Newscast, almost half of all CFO Act agencies have fewer employees today than in 2010.

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USDA relocation

Those Agriculture Department agency relocations continue to throw off lessons learned

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When the Trump administration moved two small agencies of the Agriculture Department to Kansas City, Missouri, it lit a storm of opposition. The agencies have more or less settled down, but the move remains an object of study. Now the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has laid out what it calls leading practices for re-locations.

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