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VA sees its special pay authorities driving up workforce retention

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing signs that some of its newer special pay authorities are leading to improvements in workforce retention.

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Survey: Feds question the ‘why’ behind return-to-office push

A Federal News Network survey of 6,300 feds finds leaders’ return-to-office visions aren’t meeting reality for many employees with new in-office requirements.

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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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IG backs legislation to keep important oversight tool alive

As an acute threat, the pandemic departed a couple of years ago. The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) has another 18 months to do the same.

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Is entrepreneurship in government even a thing?

How many times have your heard the term, entrepreneurial government?

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Don't look now, but your TSP is swooning

Stocks and bonds. Both have gyrated badly in recent weeks. It’s not a fun time to be invested and yet you have to be.

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Dissecting the federal cloud ‘forecast’

The new capabilities, applications and business models unlocked by cloud adoption are expected to have an outsized effect on the business of government.

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ISS Laboratory looking to spark more in-space production with grant opportunity

The ISS National Lab recently announced a new funding opportunity for in-space production applications.

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Login.gov names new director ahead of facial recognition pilot

Hanna Kim, who started as deputy director for Login.gov in January, will serve as its director starting in May. She will replace Dan Lopez-Braus.

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SBOM, Software Bill of Materials

CISA ups the SBOM game

Everyone knows that Software bills of material (SBOMS) are crucial to cybersecurity. But deciphering these documents has been a challenge for many agencies.

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NIST issues digital identity update allowing agencies to use synced passkeys

The supplement to NIST’s digital identity guidelines could pave the way for agencies to adopt stronger multi-factor authentication methods.

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Defense News

CX Exchange '24 Navy's Petra Alfred

CX Exchange 2024: Navy’s Petra Alfred on tapping into the voice of the customer

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Pay & Benefits

Social Security

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

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Technology

CX Exchange '24 DCSA's Mark Pekrul

CX Exchange 2024: DCSA’s Mark Pekrul on bringing more transparency to clearance process

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CX Exchange '24 ACF Natalie Grant and HUD's Joe Carter

CX Exchange 2024: ACF’s Natalie Grant, HUD’s Joe Carter on ‘trauma-informed’ service delivery

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