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

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