Patent and Trademark Office
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With many federal employees still on mandatory telework, USPTO’s IT leadership hasn’t slowed down the momentum of spinning up new services or replacing the agency legacy capabilities.
July 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, we looks at THE SPACE FORCE, its three echelons of command, with lesser structures called, "deltas." The deltas are like the wings or groups of the Air Force and are run by colonels.
July 02, 2020 -
At least one agency, under a limited pilot program, allows its employees to work from anywhere in the United States, while accepting a duty station and locality pay change along with it. The benefits may be clear to agencies, but how about employees?
June 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate applauds the State Department for bringing more than 100,000 Americans home during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 16, 2020 -
The pandemic has changed when and how federal employees work, creating new challenges and opportunities for managers, leaders at several agencies say.
June 05, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports the IRS didn’t take a closer look at nearly 370,000 high-income non-filers between 2014 and 2016.
June 02, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, dead people are getting coronavirus stimulus payments, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers asks the Treasury Department, IRS and Social Security Administration what they can do to stop it.
May 11, 2020 -
Business activity might be nearly choked off, but this is a busy country. People are still thinking, creating, Congress is still doing its thing.
April 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management says agencies can lift the usual limits on premium pay and set higher annual premium pay caps for specific employees.
April 15, 2020 -
The U.S. and Mexico are so closely intertwined economically that it makes sense for their intellectual property systems to harmonize more closely.
February 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget releases the job posting to fill the federal deputy chief information officer's position.
February 06, 2020 -
IRS now has a patent on a technology it won't use to solve a crucial problem.
January 07, 2020 -
DISA, cybersecurity and non-CIOs talking tech seemed to draw the interest of Federal News Network listeners and readers in 2019 on the Ask the CIO show.
December 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Thrift Savings Plan wants to change the rate it currently uses to calculate some annual cost of living adjustments.
December 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has struck a three year bargaining agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which includes paid parental leave.
October 10, 2019