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Hiring/Retention

The farther from agency headquarters, the harder the federal workforce challenges

In Hawaii, Alaska and U.S. territories, agencies are facing heightened challenges with hiring and retaining the federal workforce, GAO found in a recent report.

Commentary

Ten years of fat bears

Federal Newscast

CR could mean more cuts to IRS

Congress

One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

Congress

Congress swings-and-misses at impeachment, foreign aid, federal telework

Congress

Interior Department’s telework policies grab the attention of Congress

Workforce

Few commissions can leave more permanent results than this one

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Workforce

‘The conversation is here to stay’: Commitment to DEIA growing among agency leadership

Unions

An unprecedented case arises on the status of a union of Park Service employees

FILE - Framed by the Manhattan skyline, electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Hiring/Retention

Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

Federal Report

Why customer experience is so challenging for federal agencies

FILE - People attend Juneteenth celebrations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on June 19, 2021. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Workforce

Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

Steve Guertin

People

This senior executive has ensured U.S. wildlife species have room to thrive

Cadets salute during the National Anthem prior to the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. The U.S. military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of the armed services and have welcomed more racially diverse students each year for the better part of the last decade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Federal Newscast

Service members who lose their job during deployment get more help in their corner

A military policeman closes a gate at JBSA-Lackland Air Force Base gate, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in San Antonio. The Air Force was put on lockdown as police and military officials say they searched for two people suspected of shooting into the base from outside. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Federal Newscast

Some military installations are reinstituting COVID-19 travel restrictions

Congress,

Federal Newscast

House staffers could now make more than the representatives they work for

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Agency Oversight

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches 'critical mass'

FILE- This Aug. 26, 2010, file photo provided by the Kaibab National Forest shows bison in the national forest adjacent to the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona. The hundreds of bison that roam the far northern reaches of Arizona are descendants of the massive animals brought to the region in the early 1900's as part of a crossbreeding operation. But a new report issued Thursday, June 16, 2016, by the National Park Service says that’s just a snapshot of bison history in the region. (Kaibab National Forest via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Workforce

How the National Park Service controls the size of its picturesque bison herd

FILE - This April 19, 2019 file photo shows a sign for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Washington. The Biden administration’s nominee for top Pentagon policy adviser was met with sharp criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, including accusations that he has been too partisan to be confirmed for the job. Colin Kahl, who served as national security adviser to then-Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration, faced repeated questions on his previous support for the Iran nuclear deal and how he would approach that issue now. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal Newscast

Report: DoD's lack of movement on modernization efforts could come back to haunt it

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Federal Newscast

One of government's leading cybersecurity experts weighs in on SolarWinds breach

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Technology

Agencies slightly improve customer experience, but still behind the private sector

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Tom Temin Commentary

Time for a little human centered design

Marcia Argust

Management

What the Great American Outdoors act can do

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