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Management

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.

Commentary

Congress is still shortchanging agency IT modernization

Workforce

Here's one element of good government the political appointees often overlook

IT Modernization

Raylene Yung, GSA executive who led TMF windfall in pandemic era, stepping down

Management

The GSA administrator on the agency's plans for the President's management agenda in 2023

Workforce

Federal money is flowing to support local jobs creation

Federal Newscast

Rising robberies of postal workers make dog bites appear quaint

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IT Modernization

IRS may be able to double IT modernization workload with COVID funds

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Cybersecurity

CISA details new “FEIT” advisors helping agencies improve cyber defenses

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IT Modernization

Two small agencies win awards from Technology Modernization Fund board

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Federal CX gets a booster shot

Shalanda Young testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Agency Oversight

OMB tells agencies to cooperate with IGs overseeing COVID-19 spending

FILE - A woman receives a coronavirus vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Nov 29, 2021. A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant before anyone knows just how dangerous omicron really is. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan, File)

Federal Newscast

USAID putting new money towards making sure developing countries have enough COVID-19 vaccines

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, a face mask lies on the ground outside the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook, Ill. Burgeoning coronavirus outbreaks at this and other nursing homes in Washington, New Jersey and elsewhere are laying bare the risks of the industry’s long-running problems, including a struggle to control infections and a staffing crisis that relies on poorly paid aides who can't afford to stay home sick. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Benefits

Federal employees used 58% of special emergency paid leave fund for COVID-19

Bob Tobias, professor at the Key Executive Leadership program of American University

Workforce

Big stimulus bills fall to federal workforce to carry out programs despite capacity constraints

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Federal Newscast

USDA looking to stop the next pandemic before it begins

A man uses his phone to copy phone numbers posted on the locked doors of a Georgia Department of Labor office Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Norcross Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Workforce

Labor Dept. trying to help states fix pandemic unemployment claims crunch

Dr. Torey Mack, deputy associate administrator for Health Workforce at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Workforce

Tackling 'mental burnout' in the health workforce amid the continuing pandemic

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Contracting

If you thought federal contract spending shot through the roof last year, you're right

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Cybersecurity

Colonial Pipeline hack raises questions about CISA’s role in cyber reporting, testing for critical infrastructure

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Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs ramps up efforts for post-pandemic help

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Benefits

Here's how federal employees can use the new emergency paid leave program

Dennis Alvord serves as EDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer

Management

Economic Development Administration hits milestone in CARES Act fund distribution