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VA expects 30K voluntary job cuts by October, erasing need for layoffs
More than 17,000 Veterans Affairs jobs have been eliminated or vacated since the start of the year.
Feds get personal with the Combined Federal Campaign
Employees actively involved in the annual charity campaign share causes that strike a chord in them and inspire them to contribute.
By Jessie Bur
How checking the dark web can help the Department of Education
The Department of Education is able to purchase open-source intelligence about their employees to discover shadow IT threats before they cause damage.
By Nathan Strout
State Department opens fellowship program for tech students
The Department of State's program is designed to give IT students experience in and an avenue to employment with the foreign service.
By Jessie Bur
Here’s the new plan for election cyberthreat notifications
A new group of senior IC and civilian officials will decide whether to make public notifications.
By Andrew Eversden
Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head
Conservation groups are demanding fuller disclosure of financial terms and an environmental review of the proposed deal for the California's Westlands Water District, the nation's largest agricultural water supplier.
Illegally sold Chinese surveillance equipment installed at military installations, feds say
A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military to use on aircraft carriers, by falsely claiming the goods were manufactured in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Even bigger budgets for VA? Secretary offers his thoughts on department progress, challenges
After 16 months on the job, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie insists the department is performing better than ever before.
Dear Bureaucrat, Where is my tribe?
Building a community among people who do the same work as you is valuable, and it can work, but it may take more than one online search.
By David S. Reed
Feds face a smaller but significant pay gap with private sector
The Federal Salary Council's estimated gap between federal and private-sector pay shrunk a few percentage points, but still represents a complicated difference in compensation potential.
By Jessie Bur
US officials say lead up to 2019 election was hack-free
With one year to go until Election Day 2020, officials said the ability to tally votes has not been compromised.
By Andrew Eversden