Digital Government
The Case for Boring Office Clothes
Women frown on the Ann Taylor aesthetic, but there’s an upside to basic.
Cybersecurity
Nuclear Energy Regulators Need to Bring on More Cyber Experts, Watchdog Says
Cyberattacks on nuclear power stations on the rise, and an aging workforce may soon leave the government struggling to defend plants against the latest threats.
Digital Government
Presidential Hopeful Aims to Give Feds Faster Access to Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal employees would no longer have to wait until they had served 10 years.
Digital Government
Why Some Americans Won’t Move, Even for a Higher Salary
A new study identifies powerful psychological factors that connect people to places, and that mean more to them than money.
Digital Government
House Panel Advances Spending Bill With 3.1% Pay Raise for Feds
The measure also would block the Trump administration’s plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
Digital Government
Senior Executives Association Teams Up with Freelance Gig Exchange
Collaboration aims to broaden opportunities for agency subject-matter experts.
Artificial Intelligence
Census Thinks a Clippy-Style AI Assistant Could Speed Up Security Authorizations
“It looks like you’re trying to get an ATO. Would you like help with that?”
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Unveils Artificial Intelligence Course for Government
Through online course materials, the tech giant hopes to help governments better implement the budding tech.
Digital Government
Union Accuses Pentagon of Ducking Bargaining Rules With Transfers of IT Employees
IT workers at the Defense Contract Management Agency are not being given the opportunity to accept or decline being moved to the Defense Information Services Agency, labor officials said.
Digital Government
GSA Needs Help Filling Jobs at Technology Transformation Services
The administration is looking for vendors to recruit and vet candidates for technical roles and other “difficult to fill positions” at TTS.
Podcasts
Critical Update: At Your Digital Service, Part 2
We talk with U.S. Digital Service project managers for a ground-level view of what it really takes to make innovation happen in government.
Ideas
Why the Future of Work Is a Challenge for Government
The federal workforce needs to be reskilled. Expect major disruptions ahead.
Artificial Intelligence
OPM Offers Reskilling and Workforce Tools to Agency Heads
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to prepare for the workforce of the future.
Digital Government
Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
As their goosebumps have long suggested, women perform better on tests of cognitive function at toastier room temperatures.
Digital Government
Defense Digital Service Awards ‘Civilian Hiring as a Service’ Contract
The Pentagon’s nerd squad is rethinking how it hires talent in fields like cybersecurity, computer science and user experience design.
Policy
OMB Issues New Policy for Credentialing People, Devices and Bots
The administration’s updated identity, credential and access management policy extends physical credentials to the digital world.
Digital Government
OPM Encourages Agencies to Expand Telework Amid Summer Metro Station Closures
Six Metro stations in Virginia will shut down entirely for platform repairs, beginning next week and lasting through early September.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Agency Leaders Must Embrace Risk to Adopt Artificial Intelligence
Not every AI pilot is going to pan out, and government leaders need to make sure their organizations know that’s OK.
Cybersecurity
Government Needs to Diversify Its Cyber Workforce
And experts told Congress that agencies will need to intentionally expand how and where it looks for talent.
Modernization
GSA Selects OPM for Third Centers of Excellence
Under the program, OPM will work with industry to modernize its IT infrastructure and improve the government’s tech workforce planning.
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