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Lawmakers press agencies on ‘employment barriers’ for federal employees teleworking overseas

Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are asking 24 agencies how many employees are holding jobs while teleworking overseas.

Congress

Foreign Service looks back on last 100 years, highlights plan to recruit next-generation diplomats

Workforce

Graphic By: Derace Lauderdale

Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

Hiring/Retention

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ASPIRE targets the waste in federal workforce training

Federal Report

Energy Department illustrates how to get clean-energy projects going

Workforce

Partnership for Public Service

It’s officially awards season for outstanding feds

Workforce

Cybersecurity policy, Concept of a cybersecurity security operations center (SOC).

‘We have to find talent’: Cyber leaders push for skills-based hiring

Hiring/Retention

Biden kicks off Public Service Recognition Week

Workforce

OPM redefines the skills that 40K federal HR employees need

Hiring/Retention

IRS extends remote work pilot, in bid to ‘keep up’ with workforce expectations

Workforce

Return-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

Workforce

IRS seeks 102,000-employee ‘right-sized’ workforce – and more money to maintain staffing

The IRS will use Inflation Reduction Act funds to increase customer service and enforcement personnel and grow its workforce through 2029.

Hiring/Retention

USA.gov: The trusted digital front door to federal services

GSA’s Jessica Milcetic tells Federal News Network how USA.gov helps individuals find the government benefits and services they’re looking for quickly.

Technology

Blunt truth: No ‘significant changes’ for federal employees if Biden administration reclassifies marijuana

Hiring/Retention

The Biden administration and Congress are both taking steps to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. But little changes for federal employees.