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From one of the Energy Department Labs, a new approach to electric grid cybersecurity

Among the grand challenges for cybersecurity is how to make the nation’s electrical grid safer. It’s a big problem in a lot of ways.

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Graphic By: Derace Lauderdaleworkforce, diversity

The government’s top role for workforce diversity will soon be vacant. What happens next?

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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million  via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

OMB tells agencies to target the use of special salary rate

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A big uptick in federal agencies’ deferred facility maintenance backlogs

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How agency chief human capital officers are shaping the future federal workforce

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Cloud Exchange 2023: Energy CIO Ann Dunkin on taking advantage of ‘scale,’ security of cloud

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Energy Department among ‘several’ federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach

Sources confirmed the Energy Department is treating it as “major incident,” with other agencies uncovering intrusions as well.

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The Energy Department installs the latest in its fleet of supercomputers

It’s called Kestrel, but it’s not a falcon catching mice. It’s the newest Energy Department supercomputer. Kestrel just arrived at the National Renewable…

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Billions in funding, not enough oversight resources, IGs tell Congress

Inspectors General from science-based agencies told House lawmakers they are fighting an uphill battle against fraud in grant and other programs as funding flows from recent laws Congress passed.

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