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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, the seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington. The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee, Nathan Simington, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Biden renominates Gigi Sohn to FCC after failed first confirmation effort

In today’s Federal Newscast: The President tries again, 14 months later, to get Gigi Sohn on the FCC. Awash in scandal, Congress calls for more oversight…

Federal Newscast

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women in the military, online harassment, DoD

Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

Defense

FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter is giving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a 12-hour timeout, saying some of her tweets violated its policy against coronavirus misinformation. Twitter suspended the Republican from Georgia on Monday, July 19, 2021, after President Joe Biden urged tech companies to take stronger action against bogus claims he said are “killing people.” Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets and challenged millions of accounts worldwide. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Agencies get advice on securing their social media accounts

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border Patrol agent E. Flores shows the shower section during a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families and will increase the Border Patrol's capacity to process migrant families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Lawmakers begin oversight of cyber campaigns that target veterans, military members

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company's rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules

Technology

Fine-tuning your personal brand

What's Working in Washington

#ShutdownStories trending as feds share furlough frustration

Workforce

Crew eat Thanksgiving dinner on board the USS Harry S Truman Nov. 22, 2018.

GALLERY: See how feds marked Thanksgiving, Black Friday 2018

People

VIDEO: Fed unions protest on day of federal court challenge to executive orders

Ahead of oral arguments in federal district court on Wednesday, federal employee unions showed their disapproval of three recent executive orders from…

Unions

Rep. Comstock offers legislation to give feds paid parental leave

Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) has offered legislation to give federal employees up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth, adoption or foster placement…

Federal Newscast

Public servants serenaded in song, social media

Workforce

Agency leaders, lawmakers and members of the public are turning to social media to praise the hardworking federal workforce, as the nation marks Public Service Recognition Week.

Twitter

Biden renominates Gigi Sohn to FCC after failed first confirmation effort

Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

Agencies get advice on securing their social media accounts

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

How tweets poison a leader from the get-go

Tech Talk Radio – Oct. 24, 2020

Lawmakers begin oversight of cyber campaigns that target veterans, military members

US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules

Fine-tuning your personal brand

#ShutdownStories trending as feds share furlough frustration

GALLERY: See how feds marked Thanksgiving, Black Friday 2018

VIDEO: Fed unions protest on day of federal court challenge to executive orders

Rep. Comstock offers legislation to give feds paid parental leave

Public servants serenaded in song, social media