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OPM details how agencies can create a gender-inclusive workplace

The Office of Personnel Management uses International Transgender Day of Visibility as an opportunity to update agency guidance to manage gender identity inclusion in the federal workplace.

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Stopping problems before they start: DoD aims for more proactive mental health care

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USPS hit 2022 midterm election delivery targets, but may have missed $23M in revenue

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How 3 agency leaders try to mitigate burnout, stress for federal employees

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‘The biggest problem every day’: House VA Committee chairman fed up with troubled EHR rollout

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How the cloud is letting the National Cancer Institute take the IT burden off its mission areas

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

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Two feds who bring real passion to their jobs

Two federal executives exemplify the power of passion in how they approach their jobs.

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The Army of 2040 will field a tech savvy generation

Army leaders expect soldiers in 2040 to have greater technical abilities than their predecessors, and that will involve different training methods.

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Despite initial challenges, DoD on track to finish deployment of new EHR by next year

MHS Genesis, DoD’s new EHR, is now live at 75% of DoD’s clinics and hospitals, with 160,000 users and 6.1 million beneficiaries in the system. But officials believe its future benefits extend far beyond replacement of legacy systems

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The Border Patrol's Support Canine Program

Border Patrol agents face unique and difficult situations in their daily work. Whether it’s arresting dangerous criminals, or rescuing those in peril, that kind of trauma can start to weigh on a person’s mental health. To help lift morale and put a friendly face on its community engagement efforts, Border Patrol has launched its Support Canine Program.

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DHS optimistic about future thanks to innovative recruiting, engagement efforts

The Homeland Security Department has launched several initiatives to improve employee engagement, including ‘jump teams,’ which try to solve problems at field offices.

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Copyright issues in the age of AI-generated creations

ChatGPT, Anyword, Midjourney. These are among the most popular content generators powered by Artificial Intelligence. But when there’s no human hand behind the creation, what rights does the user of an AI tool have when it comes to copyrighting those sometimes strange images and writings? Well to help answer some of those questions, the U.S. Copyright Office is launching a new initiative to lay out just where its policies stand, and to also hear from the people using generative AI technologies.

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Congress Failed Banks

Is Congress even capable of thinking rationally about spending

By all accounts, the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal course. Congress’s own budget and oversight agencies say this regularly. Yet members refuse to confront the main drivers of exploding deficits. There’s gotta be another way. To look into this, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with Elaine Kamarck, a veteran of budget battles as a member of the Clinton administration.

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CISA director sees progress on hiring at growing agency

CISA hired hundreds last year, and it plans to hire even more this year, as the agency looks to keep up with a growing stack of cyber responsibilities.

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Lack of feds' trust in ADR process leading to low participation

Federal agencies “overwhelmingly” see a lack of trust from employees in agency leadership to come to the table in good faith when resolving workplace disputes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found in its latest report.

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Defense News

Stopping problems before they start: DoD aims for more proactive mental health care

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Department of Air Force tackling data, workforce issues at the ‘heart’ of AI readiness

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Vulcan to be the glue to connect DISA’s digital transformation tools together

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Pay & Benefits

Some bank failure takeaways for feds worried about their own investments

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Technology

How the cloud is letting the National Cancer Institute take the IT burden off its mission areas

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‘The biggest problem every day’: House VA Committee chairman fed up with troubled EHR rollout

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Workforce

Stopping problems before they start: DoD aims for more proactive mental health care

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How 3 agency leaders try to mitigate burnout, stress for federal employees

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