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The Office of Personnel Management is developing an assessment tool for agencies, designed to help them evaluate the current state of their diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts. Those reviews are a key part of the Biden administration's recent diversity and inclusion executive order.
July 14, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Air Force contracting officials and law enforcement have agreed to crackdown on acquisition fraud. The State Department is under fire for its backlog of passport applications.
July 14, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the leaders of key agencies will meet today to discuss the government’s ransomware strategy.
July 07, 2021 -
The Biden administration's recent diversity and inclusion executive order directed agencies to reduce their reliance on unpaid internships. But former executives and advocates say government has a long way to go before the federal internship program is a true pipeline for diverse talent.
July 06, 2021 -
The State Department makes a big policy change to passports. All federal fighters will likely make no less than $15 dollars an hour. And Guantanamo Bay is on the chopping block — again.
July 01, 2021 -
When the pandemic shut down worldwide travel, some 100,000 Americans were stranded in nations across the globe. Then the State Department's best stepped in.
June 23, 2021 -
Soon the State Department will honor U.S. companies doing business overseas. It's the latest round in the Award for Corporate Excellence program, now in its 22nd year.
June 15, 2021 -
Accountability for diversity initiatives and general equity is literally due on the president’s desk. In this moment, David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute asks, how can agencies and partner-vendors assure diversity is done properly?
June 09, 2021 -
In its latest look at how the State Department manages itself, the Government Accountability Office found State has made a lot of progress. Federal Drive got the latest from GAO's Jason Bair.
June 09, 2021 -
The State Department would add 500 new Foreign and Civil Service positions to its ranks, if it gets the outlined $58.5 billion budget.
June 07, 2021 -
The State Department's Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship is focused on supplying in-demand tech talent to the Foreign Service and diversifying its ranks.
May 27, 2021 -
The State Department and the American Foreign Service Association added 71 names of the fallen this year to a memorial plaque in the lobby of the department’s headquarters. The names span generations of federal service.
May 21, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, diplomats and intelligence personnel suffering from a mysterious illness called Havana Syndrome would get additional support from a bill introduced by 15 senators.
May 20, 2021 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. That executive order on cybersecurity from the White House last week – where do you even…
May 18, 2021 -
The United States will likely be involved in Iraq at some level for a long time. It still has contracting going on via the State Dept. Recently State's Office of Inspector General looked at whether contracting activity was properly staffed to ensure oversight. For more, the Federal Drive turned to the director of the OIG's office of audits, Mike Vennemann.
May 17, 2021