State Department
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The Government Accountability Office is looking into how the State Department has responded to injury reports from employees in Cuba.
October 01, 2018 -
NIST wants to make sure agencies understand the added challenges of cybersecurity for IoT. That's why it's producing a new guidance document on the subject.
September 28, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department said the breach potentially exposed the personally identifiable information of about 1 percent of its employees.
September 20, 2018 -
Ken Rogers, the State Department’s deputy chief information officer for business management and planning, said a two-year review effort led to a new IT modernization implementation plan.
September 06, 2018 -
The State Department approved hundreds of multi-million-dollar purchases without taking the due diligence to ensure the agency would get the most value for their money, according to a recent inspector general report.
August 14, 2018 -
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo overturned the agency's hiring freeze less than a month into his tenure, and has brought hundreds of career employees on board, but he still faces an uphill battle staffing up an agency the Trump administration seeks to shrink.
August 14, 2018 -
The new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said several new people will be taking top-level leadership positions at the agency shortly. Pamela Powers will be the department's new chief of staff and Chris Syrek will be VA's deputy chief of staff.
August 14, 2018 -
Agencies face an uphill battle competing with the private sector to recruit top cyber talent right out of college or advanced degree programs, but the State Department, and the opportunity to explore new cultures, serves as an enticing lure to recent graduates to federal service.
August 08, 2018 -
Some agency-inspector general relationships have drifted out of favor over the past 40 years. The IG community says it's time to swing the pendulum back.
July 13, 2018 -
Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, spoke more on the subject on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department plans to spend almost $1 billion to modernize four key services under the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
July 03, 2018 -
Federal real estate is not immune from the White House's new comprehensive governmentwide reorganization plan. The proposals aim to speed up sales process for offloading surplus property and create a permanent building project fund.
June 21, 2018 -
Dozens of agencies are employing einterns through a similar approach the State Department is using with its Virtual Student Federal Service.
June 15, 2018 -
The Air Force said it will encourage applications for re-instatement from retired pilots in a move to ease its growing manpower shortage.
May 29, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the president of the Nation Border Patrol Council tells the LA Times deploying the National Guard to the U.S. southern border has been a waste of time this go around.
May 28, 2018