State Department
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management wants to get rid of nearly 50 occupational series it says are not needed due to the evolution of work.
October 28, 2019 -
More than two dozen public-facing program offices have released new data on their annual workloads and are looking at ways to transform their approach to customer service through long-term strategies.
September 20, 2019 -
The U.S. Postal Service is preparing to pull out of an international shipping rate agreement.
September 17, 2019 -
The Office of Inspector General has documented the outcomes of the hiring freeze.
September 12, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wants the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's inspector general to start an investigation.
September 11, 2019 -
The Internet of Things raises just as many challenges as it does opportunities – giving agencies both a wealth of real-time data and a broader surface area for cyberattacks.
September 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration reveals more specifics about its proposed 2.6% raise for civilian employees.
September 09, 2019 -
The agency's IG report on two Trump administration appointees reads like a politicals' manual for what not to do.
August 20, 2019 -
Amira Boland, who is coordinating the implementation of the Customer Experience Cross-Agency Priority Goal and the GEAR Center for OMB, and Jim Thompson. the director of private sector engagement at the State Department, are spearheading different approaches to bringing new thinking into the government.
August 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have one less thing to worry about for the final six weeks of fiscal 2019, budget cuts due to sequestration are not on the table.
August 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management asked the Federal Labor Relations Authority how agencies can deduct union dues in light of the 2018 decision, which found local and state government workers can't be forced to pay union dues.
August 13, 2019 -
State Department’s internal watchdog says the Trump administration’s 2017 hiring freeze had devastating effects on the agency throughout the world
August 09, 2019 -
Out of 17 management reforms the State Department outlined to Congress last February, only one has been accomplished.
August 07, 2019 -
The State Department sheds more light on training for its new hires, as well as a new employee recognition award.
August 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Virginia’s two senators want to know why Defense Secretary Mark Esper is conducting his own examination of DoD’s upcoming JEDI Cloud contract.
August 06, 2019