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Foreign Service plans to rein in robust hiring efforts, following recent budget cuts

The Foreign Service will have fewer resources to continue its robust hiring efforts — but plans to keep hiring above its rate of attrition.

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NIST issues digital identity update allowing agencies to use synced passkeys

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With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

One federal office has turned to employee monitoring technology in recent years, and it's led to a major rift between workers and management.

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Register for Federal News Network's 2024 CX Exchange

Register for Federal News Network's 2024 CX Exchange

How are agencies elevating the total experience, both for the public and for federal employees?


Join us April 23 and 24 at 1 p.m. ET each day for the Federal News Network CX Exchange, presented by Maximus.

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Everything you need to know about the 2025 budget request

President Joe Biden sent his 2025 budget request to Congress. Federal News Network has the numbers and analysis to know what's most important to your job.

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Register for Federal News Network's StateRAMP Exchange 2024

Register for Federal News Network's StateRAMP Exchange 2024

Join us April 25 at 1 p.m. ET for the Federal News Network StateRAMP Exchange to see how StateRAMP continues to evolve and discover how agencies across state governments are moving to the cloud, presented by Carahsoft.

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Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

Federal News Network's New Hire Guide

New to civil service? We created this guide to provide insights and pointers to first-time feds. Be inspired by careerists and also get pointers to make the transition to your new job as smooth as possible. (Pssst: It includes health and life insurance cheat sheets too!)

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Contractor associations are okay with the new OMB memo on AI

Trade associations connected to federal technology, generally back the latest White House directives on artificial intelligence.

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A zero-trust approach to space cybersecurity could be the answer

You hear a lot about zero trust controls in government tech circles. Could this approach to cybersecurity be applied to protecting space assets?

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Space Force outlines areas for commercial integration

“I think the great discussion is how much are you willing to go to commercial? Is it 30%, or 40%, or 50%?” said Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton.

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DoD Cloud Exchange: Splunk’s LaLisha Hunt on evolving from adoption to transformation

Cloud transformation starts with having buy-in from all stakeholders, says Splunk’s LaLisha Hunt. The ultimate goal? Achieving digital resilience, which makes cyber a primary focus early on as well.

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CX Exchange '24 SSA Commissioner Martin O'Malley

CX Exchange 2024: SSA's Martin O'Malley on creating better experiences for the masses

The Social Security commissioner says reducing phone wait times is among his top three priorities to improve how SSA serves citizens.

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GSA’s new approach to small business matchmaking

GSA’s Alliant 3 contract includes an evaluation factor to encourage large businesses to meet with small firms in one of 11 emerging technology areas.

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Agencies’ headquarters ‘nearly empty’ in 2023, real-estate board finds

The Public Buildings Reform Board finds agency headquarters buildings operated at 12% of their estimated capacity, on average, from January-September 2023.

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New insight into pulmonary health threat to U.S. troops stationed overseas

Lung tissue analysis has shown [in detail] some serious threats to the health of military service members.

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Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

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Merit Systems Protection Board is plowing through its backlog of appeals

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