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The nation’s funder of legal aid services gets a new inspector general

A seasoned overseer of federal grant-making has returned to government. After a stint at a large services contractor, he recently became the inspector…

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Three reasons why organizational conflict of interest is back in the spotlight

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(AP Photo/Mike Groll)FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Why federal hiring is harder than ever

Prospective employees are pickier than ever about where, when, how and for whom they’ll work

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How to fix the festering problem of federal contact centers

Few services to the public can be as troublesome as agency contact centers, just ask the IRS.

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With an increase in federal payouts comes an increase in improper payments

Agencies made speed a priority when issuing the first rounds of COVID-19 recovering spending in 2020 — a decision that came with a few tradeoffs.

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