Digital Government

OPM’s Efforts to Spur Governmentwide Tech Hiring

The Office of Personnel Management is utilizing its authority to help federal agencies hire sorely needed tech talent.

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OPM Will End Agencies’ Maximum Telework Status Next Month

The move follows White House guidance last week instructing federal agencies to reduce the use of workplace flexibilities following the end of the COVID-19 national emergency.

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Government, Industry and Academia Stress Need for Semiconductor Workers

The experts from each sector noted it is imperative for the U.S. to address this workforce challenge to meet the nation’s semiconductor needs and innovate.

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Pentagon UFO Chief: ‘No Credible Evidence’ of Aliens, Yet

Sean Kirkpatrick, who heads the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Office, briefed the Senate Wednesday.

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Pentagon’s UFO Chief to Testify Before Congress

Sean Kirkpatrick, who leads the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Office, recently co-authored a paper suggesting some of the unknown objects the Pentagon is studying could be alien probes.

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GSA unveils new USA.gov websites

The new versions of USA.gov and USA.Gov en Español come after beta testing by the agency to make the sites more user-friendly.

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Government Must Work with Private Sector to Secure Space, Experts Say

Several former federal officials argued government should protect the industrial base without hindering innovation for space technologies.

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USDA aims to build in-house tech talent, CX expertise with new digital services team

The department's own digital services team will be modeled after other “tour-of-duty” style models in government like the USDS. 

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VA’s New Cyber Apprenticeship Program Will Focus on Training for Underserved Veterans

The VA’s initiative, set to begin this summer, “is really designed to attract that diverse and inclusive cybersecurity talent,” a department official told Nextgov.

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NIST Wants to Mitigate Smart Home Telehealth Cybersecurity Risks

The agency is looking for providers to help address the cybersecurity and privacy vulnerabilities in the telehealth ecosystem as it works to create a practice guide on the topic.

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Some states may be barring the door to unemployment benefits

Despite Labor Department guidelines, nine states are requiring UI applicants to verify their identity before submitting applications.

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Lawmakers Issue Bipartisan Call Urging Congressional Support for Development of a Global Tech Security Strategy

In a letter to their congressional colleagues, a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers urged support for the Global Tech Security Commission’s work in creating a strategy that can “develop, protect and adopt trusted technologies.”

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House Republicans to Biden: Outsource More Federal Jobs

Lawmakers say the administration is failing to provide data on which government positions can be performed by the private sector.

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Space Force Has a Major Satellite Oversight Problem, GAO Says

The government’s network of land-based satellite antennas is facing growing usage demands, but Space Force has not updated the system’s support operations plan since it took over control of the program in 2019.

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Inside The Neverending Race To Update The Pentagon’s IT

The Joint Service Provider, charged with handling the defense secretary’s IT, is laser-focused on improving security and making sure infrastructure doesn’t obstruct the mission.

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Ball Aerospace, Loft Federal and Microsoft to Team on Space Development Agency Program

The companies are supporting the Space Development Agency’s National Defense Space Architecture Experimental Testbed program, which will begin launching satellites in 2024.

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National Park Service considers a digital park pass

Making a digital option for the American the Beautiful pass series that would live on mobile phone wallets is a goal shared by Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Angus King (I-Maine), who introduced a bill that would require digital passes in February.

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New FCC Rule Aims to Kill Spam Texts at the Source

Additional proposals would give consumers more options, such as adding text messages to the Do-Not-Call registry.