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Federal government lacking expertise in AI and cybersecurity, GAO reports

In today’s Federal Newscast: CISA is taking new steps to make your email even safer. The Defense Department is looking to expand private in-home childcare….

Federal Newscast

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Biden’s DEIA strategy seeks to better understand federal employees’ challenges

Workforce

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AbilityOne seeks to end minimum wage exception for disabled workers at nonprofit contractors

Pay

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AbilityOne program looks to end subminimum wage for federal contract workers with disabilities

Contracting

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For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

Management

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Nonprofits employing workers with disabilities have different procurement rules from other companies

Contracting

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

Federal Newscast

FILE-In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department is expected to issue its new regulations on overtime in 2019, which employees must be given overtime, and which are exempt. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Federal contractors could get favorable treatment for hiring disabled workers

Federal Newscast

EEOC, experts offer guidance on reaching disability hiring goals

Workforce

Agencies beat five-year goal on disability hiring

Workforce

Michael Murray: Big win in government disability hiring

Disability hiring on the rise, OPM says

Four years after a push from the President, the federal government is hiring employees with disabilities at a rate that’s higher than it’s been in decades,…

Defense

EEOC’s Jenny Yang aims to teach agencies the ABCs of hiring individuals with disabilities

Jenny Yang has been the EEOC’s new chairwoman only for two months, but she’s already outlined her overarching goal: to make it easier for agencies to hire…

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Federal Drive

About 12 percent of federal employees say they have disabilities. The hiring of more has become a focal point of the Obama administration. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just wrapped up a month of focusing on this issue, during which it published guidance for agencies, hosted a Twitter town hall and launched a new data collection effort. New EEOC Chairwoman Jenny Yang told Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp the agency is trying to help the government be a model employer of people with disabilities,…