In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department said the breach potentially exposed the personally identifiable information of about 1 percent of its employees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dozens of agencies are employing einterns through a similar approach the State Department is using with its Virtual Student Federal Service.
The Air Force said it will encourage applications for re-instatement from retired pilots in a move to ease its growing manpower shortage.
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.
Federal News Radio took to social media to share with you how the federal agencies are honoring those who have fallen for Memorial Day
Less than a month into his new role, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is walking back concerns that the Trump administration would once again seek to cut the agency's budget by nearly 30 percent.