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OPM making plans to broaden the applicant pool for paid federal internships

The Pathways Program is a common path for agencies to pay interns. Now, the Office of Personnel Management plans to revise the program’s regulations and…

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OPM turns to agency leaders to promote new intern experience program

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Drew Friedman, Federal News NetworkJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, speak to federal interns at experience program launch event. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

NASA helps launch a new program, and it’s not going to space

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Agencies get clearer direction from OPM, OMB to expand early-career pipeline

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Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals

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(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)The U.S. Capitol Building Dome is seen before the sun rises in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats support Biden’s 4.6% federal pay raise proposal

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What the House appropriations bill means for a federal pay raise

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(Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

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White House to propose 4.6% raise for feds in 2023

In the annual passback document, Federal News Network has learned the Biden administration wants to give federal employees their biggest raise in 15 years.

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Sloppy expense-accounts leave former government scientist owing thousands of dollars

In today’s Federal Newscast: A former top government scientist is exposed for thousands of dollars in sloppy expense-account reporting. An $83 million…

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Agencies get another tool for recruiting and hiring student interns, OPM says

A new policy from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to strategically recruit more students to paid positions in the federal government while in school, with the option of later converting them to a permanent jobs in the same organizations.

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