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Back to the future: Shutdowns and the next generation of feds
In 2013 during another shutdown, FCW took a look at how the prospect of furloughs and unpaid work were affecting the morale of students planning careers in the federal government.
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Trump nixes planned pay raise for feds
With shutdown talks at an impasse, the White House finalized plans to freeze federal pay at 2018 levels.
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Trump asks agencies to look for wall funding
White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said at her afternoon briefing that the president had tasked agency heads with finding money that can be reprogrammed for the wall as part of a possible plan to pass appropriations bills and avoid a partial government shutdown.
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DOD on track to take on background checks ahead of White House order
The Pentagon is readying to absorb the National Background Investigations Bureau ahead of an anticipated executive order.
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White House preps to change the way agencies go online
Federal CIO Suzette Kent is set to issue a draft of a new Trusted Internet Connection policy, to try to eliminate bottlenecks in online access and improve cybersecurity.
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Agencies take a beating in 2018 Best Places to Work report
The federal government generally looks like a less enjoyable place to work than it did a year ago, and a dearth of effective leadership gets most of the blame.
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Top Oversight Dem urges OSC to rescind 'resistance' memo
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wants the Office of Special Counsel to rescind a memorandum cautioning feds against "resistance" and impeachment talk in the workplace.
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Public interest in records schedules booms
The National Archives and Records Administration is seeing a spike in comments on routine records dispensation notices.
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OSC warns against anti-Trump 'resistance' chatter
A memo from a civil service protection office warns feds about possible Hatch Act violations arising from impeachment chatter or mentions of "resistance" while on the job.
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Risk Management Framework adoption hits stumbling blocks at DOD
As DOD shifts away from compliance, the old methods are becoming barriers to new risk management policies.
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MSPB to close 2018 without a quorum
After going nearly all of 2017 without a quorum, the Merit Systems Protection Board will likely not be able to address its growing backlog of nearly 1,600 cases in 2018.
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Note to government: Start talking like everybody else!
Steve Kelman takes issue with jargon that serves mainly to create artificial distinctions from the private sector.
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Can the AF's Kessel Run scale across the DOD?
Everyone wants a piece of the Air Force's agile software development program. Here's how the program could scale to the other services.
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Hurd's opponent concedes in Texas race
IT subcommittee chairman Will Hurd has apparently held on to his seat in Congress in yet another photo finish in the sprawling and politically divided 23rd Texas congressional district.
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Reaching in to teach procurement
Lesley Field, the government's top acquisition officer, talks about the challenge of communicating with 40,000 procurement specialists across government.
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Unions sue VA over move to curtail official time
Three federal unions are suing Department of Veterans Affairs for its plan to alter its collective bargaining deal to move more than 400 employees off of union work.
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Salary Council backs two new locality pay areas
The council overseeing general schedule locality pay at the Office of Personnel Management recommended adding two new locality pay areas and changing the rules under which localities are eligible for higher locality pay.
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A civic tech summer fellow becomes a full-time fed
Steve Kelman reports that Coding it Forward is turning temporary college-break postings into longer-term public service commitments.
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What does a split Congress mean for the workforce?
In two years under a unified government, proposed workforce been defined by quarrels with federal unions, disputes over proposed pay freezes and retirement cuts and plans to reorganize the federal government.
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Election Day isn't over for Will Hurd
One of the most popular lawmakers on IT modernization issues is in a tight race for his political survival.
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