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With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.
Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the Interior Department's recent trip to Sacramento revealed about hiring.
Social media has become a useful tool for federal agencies to show off the work they do every day.
The House Appropriations Committee dealt a significant budget blow to the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday as lawmakers debated the agency's role in the water crisis surrounding Flint, Michigan.
Interior Department and Forest Service officials say a new $182 million contract awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton will make it easier for travelers to plan their visits to national parks, lands and waters.
As part of the Hiring Excellence campaign, OPM is going on the road to speak with the federal HR community in the field. The goal is to better educate HR specialists and hiring managers about the wide variety of authorities and flexibilities they already have to recruit and hire new talent.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell visited an Oregon wildlife refuge that militia members occupied for 41 days earlier this year. She toured the facility and met with local officials.
Depending on whose numbers you believe, federal workers are either overpaid by 34 percent or underpaid by 25 percent compared to the private sector.
Secretary Sally Jewell announced a new partnership between the Interior Department and the Google Cultural Institute during a Black History Month event at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.
Here's a breakdown of major agencies and the proposed funding amounts for fiscal 2017, which are included the President Obama's $1.1 trillion budget.
Shane Compton, the National Park Service’s associate CIO, said his office is looking at how best to increase bandwidth so citizens can take advantage of online tools and services at national parks.
Federal employees are frustrated by long wait times and poor communication about why it's taking so long to change benefits during Open Season.
More agencies utilized the federal student loan repayment program in fiscal 2014 to recruit and retain mission-critical employees than the year before. Funding for the program reached $58.7 million in 2014, compared with $52.9 million the previous year.
The National Park Service and the Interior Department hosted an opening ceremony Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, for the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.