Cybersecurity
DHS Wants Industry to Help Improve Pay for Cyber Personnel
By rolling out a “market-sensitive” pay structure and supporting more flexible career paths, the department hopes to make its cybersecurity jobs more appealing.
Digital Government
Inspector General Vacancies Continue to Jeopardize Oversight and Investigations
Thirteen of 74 positions lack a permanent IG and some of the openings date back to Obama era, according to a watchdog.
Ideas
Actually, It's OK to Disagree. Here Are 5 Ways We Can Argue Better
Unfortunately, being logical, reasonable and open-minded is easier said than done.
Podcasts
Critical Update: The Defender’s Dilemma
Soon the Homeland Security Department will be able to compete for cyber talent without the shackles of the federal government’s rigid paytable.
Ideas
Happy Insider Threat Awareness Month!
Insider threats are potentially far more dangerous than those attacking from outside.
Digital Government
Agencies Paid Federal Employees $3.7 Billion Not to Work During Recent Shutdowns
One department lost 90 employees during the most recent lapse, while another slashed hiring by nearly 40%.
Artificial Intelligence
Where to Use AI and Other Tips From CIOs on Emerging Tech
The chief information officers from the departments of Health and Human Services, Justice and the General Services Administration offered emerging tech ideas to feds.
Modernization
VA Launches VITAL Training Ahead of First Electronic Health Records Rollout
Veterans Affairs officials learned some lessons from their Defense Department counterparts and developed an immersive training program focused on how the new EHR system can fix issues clinicians encounter every day.
Digital Government
A Small Perk at Lunch May Cut Depression at Work
Employers’ small gestures of kindness can have big impacts on employees’ health and work performance, researchers report.
Digital Government
GEAR Center’s First Projects Focus on Government’s Perennial Workforce Issues
The research center’s first challenge winners aim to fill government openings with alternative talent and beef up the workforce’s data skills.
Emerging Tech
Timely Intervention: How 'Doctor Who' Shapes Public Attitudes to Science
Most commonly, Doctor Who prompted people to think more deeply about the ethics of science, including its moral ambiguity and potential for doing both good and bad.
Digital Government
Trump Administration Seeks to Quash Lawsuit Over OPM Hack
Government says feds are not entitled to damages as hackers intended to use the personal information they gathered for spying, not identity theft or fraud.
Ideas
Agencies Should Embrace Low-Code for Its Speed and Power
Drag-and-drop coding platforms can help agencies that are short on technical staff.
Cybersecurity
Agencies, Industry Take Creative Approaches to Cyber Recruitment
Federal officials and executives shared how they’re rethinking the credentials and experience of cyber recruits.
Ideas
What Urban Sprawl Is Really Doing to Your Commute
Urban traffic congestion is growing dramatically, according to a new report. So why aren’t drivers taking longer to get to work?
Digital Government
Trump Endorses 2.6% Across the Board Pay Raise for Federal Workers
In a surprise move Friday, the president abandoned his quest for a pay freeze in 2020, although there will be no locality pay adjustment under his plan.
Ideas
Worker-Protection Laws Aren't Ready for an Automated Future
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality and advanced monitoring systems have already begun altering workplaces in fundamental ways that may soon become impossible to ignore.
Cybersecurity
Senior Justice Official Caught Watching Porn on Government Computer
The then-deputy assistant attorney general resigned after investigators found a trove of sexually explicit content on their computer.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon Wants to Bolster DIU’s Cyber Defenses
The department is looking for penetration testers, red teams and cyber training to protect its startup incubator from online attacks.
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