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Bad computer-password practices could lead to a phishing-attack crisis
7 mins; January 09, 2023
DoD reveals name-change recommendations for nine Army bases
7 mins; January 06, 2023
Indictments, convictions and millions recovered, as DHS OIG tackles COVID-19 fraud
9 mins; January 05, 2023
Biden renominates Gigi Sohn to FCC, 14 months after failed first confirmation effort
7 mins; January 04, 2023
Military academy superstar athletes no longer can turn pro upon graduation
7 mins; January 03, 2023
Congress wants DoD's telework policies set in stone
4 mins; December 30, 2022
NIST is out with new methods for agencies to handle data privacy concerns
4 mins; December 29, 2022
Legislation order Bureau of Prisons to upgrade its security hardware
4 mins; December 28, 2022
NARA signs new telework agreement with AFGE
4 mins; December 27, 2022
DHS IG finds Homeland Security not too secure about revoking credentials from former employees
8 mins; December 23, 2022
CBP's $17 billion budget means a bigger focus on the border
8 mins; December 22, 2022
OPM has its first deputy director in two years
8 mins; December 21, 2022
GOP Senators urge defense secretary to reinstate military members and issue backpay for vaccine-related discharges
8 mins; December 20, 2022
Senate continues its crusade against duplicative federal programs
7 mins; December 19, 2022
Senate unanimously passes bill that would ban TikTok on government devices
7 mins; December 16, 2022
Lawmakers want retired military officers held accountable for jobs with shady foreign clients
8 mins; December 15, 2022
The chances of a government shutdown, just about slammed shut
9 mins; December 14, 2022
DoD IG issues critical report on behavior of former director of the White House Military Office
7 mins; December 13, 2022
OPM prepares to gather telework information from all agencies
7 mins; December 12, 2022
NDAA will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need
8 mins; December 09, 2022
NDAA will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need
7 mins; December 09, 2022
IBM's shopping spree lands a Reston firm, as it gobbles up its 25th company since 2020
7 mins; December 08, 2022
House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders reached an agreement on NDAA
8 mins; December 07, 2022
House Republicans urge EEOC bring employees fully back to the office
7 mins; December 06, 2022
'The Evil Twins' are on the House calendar for the first time,for a possible first-ever vote
8 mins; December 05, 2022
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gets high marks for its cybersecurity program
7 mins; December 02, 2022
President's Management Agenda sets training and supplier diversity goals
8 mins; December 01, 2022
A banner year for GSA IT contracts
8 mins; November 30, 2022
Certain military laboratories can now pay a top annual salary of $226,000
8 mins; November 29, 2022
Social Security Administration asks for billions of more dollars to do its job
7 mins; November 28, 2022
Two former VA employees plead guilty to embezzling nearly $3 million from the agency
5 mins; November 23, 2022
Congressmen want to know what agencies are doing to ensure clean water across America
5 mins; November 22, 2022
Small businesses get some inflation relief from the SBA
7 mins; November 21, 2022
A bill designed to standardize federal-election mail-in ballots is headed to the House floor.
8 mins; November 18, 2022
The year-old $3 billion infrastructure law is actually leading to stuff being fixed
7 mins; November 17, 2022
OPM urged to disallow salary-history consideration in federal recruitment and pay determination
7 mins; November 16, 2022
Pentagon continues to face challenges responding to cyber attacks on military networks
7 mins; November 15, 2022
The Air Force and Space Force offer a day off for servicemembers to get the bivalent booster shot
7 mins; November 14, 2022
GAO: New TSA screening technology is discriminating at airports
9 mins; November 10, 2022
Boasting a 91% success rate, the IRS rakes in $31 billion from tax cheats
7 mins; November 09, 2022
Number of TSP millionaires continues to drop
8 mins; November 08, 2022
GAO warns Coast Guard that it's too slow creating rules to improve safety aboard older commercial fishing vessels
7 mins; November 07, 2022
Federal HR employees get guidance on data use in recruitment efforts
7 mins; November 04, 2022
Space Force has a new leader
7 mins; November 03, 2022
GAO calls on FEMA to help more people in need of rebuilding their homes
7 mins; November 02, 2022
National Archives digitizes hundreds of millions of pages for public access
6 mins; November 01, 2022
New data shows feds' pay is lagging even more behind private sector counterparts
6 mins; October 31, 2022
Looks like when the phone rings next tax season, someone will be there to answer
6 mins; October 28, 2022
More ways for feds with student loan debt to get a break from payments
6 mins; October 27, 2022
DOD's JEDI cloud contract may have had some unresolved issues
8 mins; October 26, 2022
The Office of Personnel Management is hoping to attract more early career (young) workers into government
8 mins; October 25, 2022
IG: Climate change to add to Treasury Department's workload as well
6 mins; October 24, 2022
Customs and Border Protection pledges to hire more women by 2030
8 mins; October 21, 2022
Better policies needed for treatment of government dogs, GAO says
6 mins; October 20, 2022
Billions richer, IRS leader remains confident amid huge backlog and employee wrongdoing
8 mins; October 19, 2022
Air Force needs to throttle up to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities, DoD IG says
8 mins; October 18, 2022
Biden Administration suggests possible return to vaccine mandates for federal contractors
7 mins; October 17, 2022
Air Force experiments with pot leniency in recruitment
6 mins; October 14, 2022
Social Security makes progress in reducing payments to dead people
7 mins; October 13, 2022
U.S. Army cements plans for an integrated zero trust program
9 mins; October 12, 2022
Biden Administration expands use of procurement to encourage economically friendly purchasing
8 mins; October 10, 2022
The Army and West Point creating a climate change curriculum to focus on national security implications
7 mins; October 07, 2022
The Space Development Agency lands upon a new, permanent home
8 mins; October 06, 2022
Lawmakers push for a waiver extension of student loan debt relief for government employees
9 mins; October 05, 2022
A $28 billion SBA pandemic relief program for restaurants served up some sloppy oversight and possible fraud, GAO says
8 mins; October 04, 2022
DoD Inspector General finds major flaws in the reporting of insider threats
8 mins; October 03, 2022
Nearly $3 million in possible COVID fraud tied to DHS employees
8 mins; September 30, 2022
Hundreds of reclassified workers would have been easier to fire under Schedule F, GAO reports
7 mins; September 29, 2022
Senators move to ban sex offenders from National Veterans Cemeteries
8 mins; September 28, 2022
U.S. Navy moves ships and aircraft out of the path of Hurricane Ian
7 mins; September 27, 2022
The IG community is taking a closer look at it's own work force
6 mins; September 26, 2022
Agriculture Department plants more seeds to grow its diversity and inclusion efforts
7 mins; September 23, 2022
State Department looking to pay college students who speak fluent computer
7 mins; September 22, 2022
Found guilty, a former HUD inspector general faces up to 80 years in prison for corruption
7 mins; September 21, 2022
The 'Oscars' of federal service will be handed out tonight in D.C.
8 mins; September 20, 2022
Could artificial intelligence lead to genuine hiring bias?
7 mins; September 19, 2022
A BRIGHT idea that would save the government millions of dollars on lightbulbs and electricity
7 mins; September 16, 2022
Pentagon removes almost all of its COVID-related workplace restrictions
7 mins; September 15, 2022
The State Department moves to extricate itself from its pale, male and Yale image
7 mins; September 14, 2022
Government child care facilities fail the post-COVID drinking water test
8 mins; September 13, 2022
The Interior Department removes an ethnic slur from valleys, streams and rivers
7 mins; September 12, 2022
The Interior Department removes ethic slur from the names of valleys, streams and rivers
7 mins; September 12, 2022
The Interior Department removes ethic slur from the names of valleys, streams and rivers
7 mins; September 12, 2022
The Interior Department removes the word "squaw" and other ethnic slurs from valleys, streams and rivers
7 mins; September 12, 2022
Arrested and discharged soldier joined Army to learn how to kill black people, prosecutors say
6 mins; September 09, 2022
Bill Shackelford prepares to take the helm at NARFE in January
7 mins; September 08, 2022
The board that manages the TSP to be officially scrutinized
8 mins; September 07, 2022
Union organizers now allowed on GSA-owned property to interact with contractors
8 mins; September 06, 2022
New report spells out plan for federal agencies to work together in the next pandemic
8 mins; September 02, 2022
Zombie programs that won't die lurch toward half a trillion dollars
9 mins; September 01, 2022
The Office of the National Cyber Director names 17 new appointments
8 mins; August 31, 2022
Service members and their families have a new vaccine option
7 mins; August 30, 2022
SBA reinvigorates its women-owned small business contracting initiative
8 mins; August 29, 2022
Pentagon officials say a hotter world means the U.S. military needs to adjust
9 mins; August 26, 2022
Education Dept. gearing up for President Biden's student loan cancellation plans
7 mins; August 25, 2022
The VA begins a new focus on network cyber controls
9 mins; August 24, 2022
The Postal Service is delivered a cybersecurity report card with mixed grades
7 mins; August 23, 2022
The Marine Corps hits its retention goals for the first time in a decade
7 mins; August 22, 2022
Congressman Connolly demands to know if the DHS IG is under investigation
8 mins; August 19, 2022
Yellen memo calls for IRS modernization to help ID tax-evasion schemes perpetrated by top earners
9 mins; August 18, 2022