Molly Weisner

Molly Weisner is a staff reporter for Federal Times where she covers labor, policy and contracting pertaining to the government workforce. She made previous stops at USA Today and McClatchy as a digital producer, and worked at The New York Times as a copy editor. Molly majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Federal agencies get ‘shopper’s guide’ to aid purchases of 5G

Some 90% of federal agencies are planning to adopt 5G, according to a 2022 study by General Dynamics Information Technology.

2 days ago

Federal agents reflect on House’s ‘troubling’ weaponization committees

Democratic and GOP members of Congress sparred on the scope and intent of the very first hearing and on the Twitter files during the second.

3 days ago

Pentagon urged to use federal workforce instead of contractors

The commercial industrial base builds the systems and equipment, and the department ensures those systems are maintained and operational.

Is your agency among the 10 best places to work in government?

As the highly anticipated rankings come out for 2022, agencies are still grappling with stabilizing their workforces post-pandemic.

When is Tax Day this year?

Every April, Tax Day comes around as the official filing deadline for Americans to submit income tax returns to the federal government.

FAA lets NYC airports trim summer peak operations amid staffing crunch

The agency is looking at hiring from the perspective of remedying pandemic losses while its attrition seems to be leveling out.

Dept. of Veterans Affairs, union spar over staffing

VA officials said hiring and retention levels are at record highs, but workers groups say even more staff is needed to keep up.

Federal cyber workers can soon rotate among government agencies

The program will allow for agencies to “borrow” federal employees who specialize in cyber and allow them to work in temporary stints at a neighbor agency.

State Department settles 17-year-old lawsuit over Foreign Service jobs

The department has been ordered by the settlement to pay nearly $38 million.

March Madness: Governors take battle over new FBI building to the hoop

While the bet has been accepted on Twitter, the General Services Administration has the final say in the ultimate location of the FBI headquarters.

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