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If agencies let cyber employees temporarily leave their jobs, will it keep them on staff longer?

Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management to implement a federal rotational cyber workforce program, which will officially launch this November.

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DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Defense’s Lily Zeleke on ‘rationalizing’ DoD’s troubled business systems landscape

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White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

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Tune into the 2023 DoD Cloud Exchange

Be sure to catch Deputy DoD CIO Lily Zeleke's keynote interview on DoD's plans to rationalize IT systems across the department through smart cloud adoption and improve user experience at 1:00 p.m. EDT, March 21.

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CISA lays out post-EINSTEIN future with shift to ‘Cyber Analytics and Data System’

CISA is requesting nearly $425 million in 2024 to launch a new “Cyber Analytics and Data System.”

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DoD decades behind private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs, study finds

DoD has about 15,000 people completely dedicated to finding and recruiting future members of the military. For its civilian workforce, there are almost none.

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Why federal employees are watching the political landscape more than ever

If you wonder why federal employees worry, along with everyone else, consider: mini financial crises, a stubbornly bear stock market, no breakthroughs on Social Security solvency, and the debt-ceiling debate dragging out.

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Reimagining federal HR processes

A new and exclusive Federal News Network survey shows that government HR employees know well agencies must speed up and streamline recruiting, hiring and retention processes. Download our survey report now to learn more.

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President Joe Biden's budget for fiscal year 2024 is photographed Thursday, March 9, 2023. As political gridlock puts the government at risk of defaulting, Biden is making an opening offer with a budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade — a proposal that Republicans already intend to reject. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

For contractors, the 2024 budget request doesn't quite add up

Federal contractors don’t see a lot of room for growth after inflation in fiscal 2024, with a few large agencies actually requesting a reduction in funding relative to what was enacted in 2023.

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The Agriculture Department promotes new ways to manage and use a very old resource

You would think everything wood can be used for has been thought of. But wood, considered a renewable resource, has a lot of life. The Agriculture Department is running a competitive grant program to come up with new ways to manage, promote and use wood.

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Inside DoD’s technology-heavy 2024 budget

Pentagon heads look to pair acquisition and technology to advance their future capabilities.

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Ahuja plans to fix OPM programs under the microscope of the House Oversight Committee

Among heated questions about federal telework, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee urged Office of Personnel Management Director to make improvements to retirement services, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and the federal hiring process.

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Defense News

DoD decades behind private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs, study finds

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Pay & Benefits

It’s not 2008, but people worry about savings and investments

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Technology

If agencies let cyber employees temporarily leave their jobs, will it keep them on staff longer?

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DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Defense’s Lily Zeleke on ‘rationalizing’ DoD’s troubled business systems landscape

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Workforce

If agencies let cyber employees temporarily leave their jobs, will it keep them on staff longer?

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