State Department
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Having data behind which programs work and which don't can make some tough budget decisions at TSA go a little more smoothly.
April 25, 2019 -
New retention bonuses for Border Patrol agents who enter into a 12-month service agreement become available in May.
April 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.
April 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new federal interagency strategy from the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, looks to reduce how much food is wasted.
April 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors at the Government Accountability Office say the Homeland Security Department has made considerable progress towards fixing management weaknesses.
April 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.
April 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, staffing cuts at the IRS have limited its ability to conduct audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 27, 2019 -
State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo named Stuart McGuigan as the agency’s new CIO and head of the Bureau of Information Resource Management.
March 26, 2019 -
The Office of Management and Budget is expected to release a new memo in the next month or so detailing new goals and a strategy for shared services.
March 25, 2019 -
Ryan Cote joined the Transportation Department on Feb. 4 after spending most of his career in the private sector.
March 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the last government shutdown, in an upcoming disaster relief package.
March 11, 2019 -
A State Department program is designed to bring in people from high paying jobs in the private sector, but according to Jenna Ben-Yehuda of the Women's Foreign Policy Network, that has the potential to widen a gender pay gap.
March 08, 2019 -
The fiscal 2019 spending bill increases funding for the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program by more than $37 million.
February 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a federal retiree who says the state of West Virginia unfairly taxed his annuity income.
February 21, 2019 -
Within the next decade “nearly all” of the current senior Foreign Service members will be eligible to retire, as will 80 percent of the current Civil Service’s SES, according to the agency’s five-year Workforce and Leadership Succession Plan.
February 20, 2019