Education Department

Education’s return-to-office announcement ‘perplexing’ to union

At the Education Department, leaders are turning their attention to the return-to-office of bargaining unit employees — and receiving pushback for it.

Federal Report

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Education, DHS among agencies seeking new IT leaders

Reporter's Notebook

With FITARA 17 coming, Education shows what an ‘A’ grade signifies

Ask the CIO

For agencies, limited resources are a major challenge to scaling workforce innovations

Workforce

CIGIE’s ‘roadmap’ moves DEIA efforts from words into clear actions

Workforce

60th anniversary March on Washington panelists share how their agencies are still working toward the original vision of the 1963 event.

Agencies moving forward on jobs and freedom: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

People

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, photo, flags decorate a space outside the office of the Education Secretary at the Education Department in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen the education commissioner for Connecticut and a former public school teacher to serve as education secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Republicans want to freeze hiring at the Education Department

Federal Newscast

Join us Aug. 21: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

People

Meet the GAO investigator who bird-dogged the federal student loan program

Agency Oversight

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Education stays in-house for its new CIO

CIO News

An employee swipes their personal identity verification (PIV) card

CISO council considers new authentication mechanisms for feds, citizens

Multifactor authentication and identity are a major issues in front of the federal chief information security officer council.

Cybersecurity

AFGE, Education resolve years of negotiations in settlement of over 20 disputes

The Education Department and the American Federation of Government Employees moved forward with a new collective bargaining agreement, restoring many union-related…

Unions

OPM removes two federal skills gaps from its high-risk list, but three positions remain

Workforce

The Office of Personnel Management removed economist and auditor from its list of high risk mission critical occupations, but said more work is needed to close the skills gap for acquisition, human resources and cybersecurity professionals.