State Department
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In today's Federal Newscast: The Justice and Commerce Departments join forces to target cyber crime. The backlog of retirement claims at OPM ballooned last month. The State Department gets serious about cybersecurity. And there's a new portal on USAJobs.gov for prospective interns.
February 17, 2023 -
The Conflict Observatory brings together teams and technology to track the conflict in Ukraine. The project sprung out of evidence-based policymaking efforts.
February 13, 2023 -
The State Department, settling a lawsuit spanning nearly two decades, is easing some restrictions that plaintiffs said unfairly denied people with disabilities entry into the Foreign Service.
February 03, 2023 -
State Department employees suffering from mysterious condition now have an avenue for financial helpIn today's Federal Newscast, the State Department outlines how employees suffering from so-called Havana Syndrome can qualify for compensation.
January 30, 2023 -
This episode, Michael Binder speaks to Diana Shaw, who serves as the Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State.
January 18, 2023 -
The new year brought the opening of a new office at the State Department. It's called the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology. It has a list of responsibilities.
January 13, 2023 -
The National Institutes of Health released a job announcement for its director of the Center for IT but not yet a job announcement for its CIO role after Andrea Norris retired in December.
January 12, 2023 -
A provision in the 2023 NDAA will establish a locality pay equivalent for hundreds of civilian federal employees working under the Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETO) program.
January 09, 2023 -
Current and former federal technology experts offer their take on why House lawmakers will be more active with oversight and what are some of the emerging hot topics over the next 12 months.
December 29, 2022 -
Current and former federal technology executives say software supply chain security emerged as one of the biggest challenges last year given both the attention by the White House and ongoing cyber concerns.
December 28, 2022 -
The fiscal 2023 omnibus includes several technology-related policy provisions that agencies should pay close attention to over the next year.
December 22, 2022 -
The U.S. Agency for International Development recently re-established a group called the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. It was chartered back in 1946, but it hasn't met in a couple of years. Now it's back to work.
December 22, 2022 -
Congress is backing many of the State Department’s plans to modernize its workforce and bring its diplomatic into the 21st century in the latest defense policy bill.
December 16, 2022 -
The State Department is looking at data analytics to more effectively buy the IT systems and services it needs to modernize.
December 13, 2022 -
Software supply chair risk management isn’t just for DoD and the Intelligence Community anymore. Get a primer on implementing SCRM from CISA’s Bob Costello, OMB’s Chris DeRusha and State’s Zetra Batiste.
December 06, 2022