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

Rebecca Piazza, a senior advisor at USDA, said American Rescue Plan Act funding is making the WIC program more attractive to parents and families.

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

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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

Gary Washington, the chief information officer at the Agriculture Department, said within its multi-cloud environment, they are constantly looking to maximize…

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

The annual Feds Feed Families campaign has raised nearly 100 million pounds of food since 2009. The 2023 campaign, just a few weeks in, has the goal of…

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USDA relocation

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

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture are two of the latest to announce return-to-office plans, but the changes only apply to agency managers and supervisors.

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