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Federal jobs among most desirable
While Google ranks as their ideal employer, many college students say they are interested in working for federal agencies.
More investment needed in U.S. diplomatic ranks
Under-investment has left the US Foreign Service overstretched and under prepared. Ambassador Robert Beecroft explains some of the challenges that has left behind.
Resignation of Crowley was a surprise
Alex Kingsbury, associate editor for national security at U.S. News & World Report
Agencies still sharing after WikiLeaks
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
OIG reviews social media use at embassies
The Office of the Inspector General at the State Department examined social media use in 22 foreign embassies.
GAO: State could get more bang out of training buck
Jess Ford, the director of International Affairs and Trade Issues at the GAO, explains how State can better invest in training.
SIGIR: State's not ready to take over in Iraq
Stuart Bowen told Congress the State Department is far from ready to take over the occupation of the country from the US military. We talk to him about that conclusion.
Many agencies are not under a hiring freeze
Federal News Radio surveyed 10 agencies to find out how they are preparing for a shutdown, and how operating under a continuing resolution is affecting their operations.
Agencies figuring out how to take network vitals
OMB mandated departments implement continuous monitoring of their cyber networks by 2012. Part of meeting that goal is understanding what hardware and software currently reside on the computing backbone.
VOA Web site hit by Iranian hackers
A group of computer hackers hijacked websites run by the Voice of America this week, sending its online traffic to an Internet website claimed to be run by the Iranian Cyber Army.
Tech@State opens up for Open Source
The Open Source movement has opened a window for rapid development and implementation of technological solutions in the government space, but there are unresolved issues. State's Paul Swider tells us about a recent conference to address some of those issues.
State tweets in Arabic, Farsi as protests expands
Collaboration tools like Twitter have allowed agencies to communicate directly with constituents. For the State Department this week, the constituents have been the people and governments in the Arab world.
Trip to Egypt goes downhill from bucket list
We get a first hand account of what it's been like to go from cruise ship vacationer to evacuee from communications consultant Fern Krauss.
State: Evacuation from Egypt was 'last resort'
James Pettit, deputy assistant secretary for the agency's Overseas Citizens Services, explains the logistics of evacuating personnel and U.S. citizens from Egypt.
Update on the state of State feds in Egypt
Hundreds of foreigners have evacuated from Egypt, but it hasn't been easy. CNN's Bob Costantini gives us an update on the unfolding situation.
Congressional security & protective intelligence
Fred Burton, a former Special Agent with the Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, joins host Derrick Dortch for a discussion on congressional security.
January 28, 2011
Fed membership in unions declines slightly
Union membership has declined across the board in 2010 despite a substantial rise in public sector union workers compared to their private sector counterparts.
More civilians to replace military in Iraq
As the mission in Iraq winds down, a federal civilian effort increases. We get the latest details from Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, spokesman for U.S. Forces in Iraq.
