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‘Unprecedented’ indictment of federal firefighter leads employees to question their liabilities
A workforce is panicking after a local sheriff arrested a federal supervisor doing his job.
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Anti-vaccine feds still fighting for damages over Biden's federal employee mandate
After the Supreme Court's dismissal, a group of 8,500 federal employees is trying a new approach to score a win against the administration.
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Navy leaders want more code-loving sailors at sea
One wants to take ad hoc data science efforts and fold them into a formal training cycle.
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OPM’s 2024 equity goals aim to expand data-based approach
The federal government’s HR agency plans to expand the use of data to analyze recruitment barriers for underserved communities as well as outreach at minority-serving educational institutions in the coming year.
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Catching Zs: 4 ways to tap the incoming wave of young workplace talent
COMMENTARY | Connecting with potential hires requires agencies to offer flexible, digital work arrangements, along with an opportunity to meaningfully shape their communities and their world.
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Trump’s civil service plans unsettle labor leaders at start of campaign season
Lawmakers and leaders of the American Federation of Government Employees warned that the former president represents a “threat to democracy” at the union’s annual legislative conference.
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Senate FAA bill drops ‘maximum hiring’ provision aimed at addressing staffing crisis
The bill would take several steps to tackle workforce issues that could cripple the national aviation system, but employee groups are warning they are insufficient.
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Want to work for the EPA? The agency is preparing for a substantial hiring push in 2024
The agency is leaning on a twin set of climate-related bills to restore its workforce.
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Senate rejects border-related federal hiring surge after Republicans turn on deal
The $118 billion personnel, border security, immigration reform and foreign aid measure collapsed just days after it came together.
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Efforts to right-size agency real estate portfolios are often stymied
COMMENTARY | “There is a path forward and relevant, recent examples exist,” writes one former federal real estate official who urges the Biden administration to embrace the hybrid work model.
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Hiring and pay reforms accompany staffing surges in bipartisan border deal
After months of negotiations, Senate group unveils measure to ramp up border security, provide foreign aid and largely meet President Biden's request for thousands of new federal employees.
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The jobs boom is hitting the federal sector, too
Federal agencies added 11,000 jobs in January and hit a 20-year high for non-census years.
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OPM offers guidance for agencies implementing salary history ban
Federal agencies will have until October to excise the solicitation and use of job candidates’ past compensation when setting pay for new hires.
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Elon Musk and why you should never compare when it comes to security clearances
COMMENTARY | The government looks holistically at the benefits and risks to national security with each clearance granted.
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O’Malley reduces telework for Social Security HQ, regional office staff
The new commissioner outlined a plan to create “core collaboration days” for members of management, while most frontline workers are seemingly spared from the cuts.
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How advanced and emerging technology can help VA save lives
COMMENTARY | Veterans remain at an elevated risk of suicide. Here’s how we can fix that.
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VA budget shortfalls lead to pause of some health care hiring
One office pledged to “reduce FTEs through attrition.”
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Interior Department taps first-ever chief digital experience officer from OMB
Andy Lewandowski, who has been a digital experience advisor to the federal CIO for over two years, is starting a new gig at the Department of Interior.
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In milestones, Black women from South Carolina and Indiana confirmed as federal judges
To date President Biden has nominated 170 judges confirmed by the Senate.
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EPA has a new plan to protect career scientists, but some are questioning its efficacy
Solutions to concerns over accountability and reporting mechanisms are coming soon, EPA official says.
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