workforce training

After 40 years of service, Vogel offers ways to make federal IT better

Janet Vogel, the former acting CIO and chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, recently retired after 40 years…

Ask the CIO

One way the Labor Department is bolstering the U.S. technology workforce

Hiring/Retention

Former DHS CIO Karen Evans discusses leadership

Leaders and Legends

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. An advisory issued by officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia warns that hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” inside the U.S. with ransomware and other malicious cyber activity. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

First Look

DHS launching new employee training program focused on climate change

Workforce

Strengthening the acquisition talent pipeline is a top GSA priority for 2022

Federal Insights

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that experts with the Food and Drug Administration revealed that the COVID-19 vaccines are killing at least two people for every person they save. But FDA experts did not say this, and strongly refuted this false claim in an email to The Associated Press. A speaker who is not affiliated with the FDA made these statements during the open public hearing portion of a Sept. 17 FDA vaccine advisory panel meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA takes hands-on approach to upskill workforce under data modernization action plan

Big Data

Collins used CISO role to drive cyber deeper into SSA’s mission areas

Ask the CIO

An update from the Secretary on the Labor Department’s apprenticeship plan

Workforce

After 15 years of Best Places to Work, data findings consistently point to engagement needs

Hiring/Retention

IRS seeks authority to fast-track more hires as its builds up depleted workforce

Hiring/Retention

Who is a CDO’s boss? Survey finds mixed role in agency hierarchy

Big Data

hacker hands at work with graphic user interface around

$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee’s $100,000 scheme gets him 46…

Federal Newscast

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Energy Department restarting loan program for clean power

In today’s Federal Newscast, in one of her first moves as Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm is reviving one of the agency’s largest loan programs for…

Federal Newscast

Defense workers get ethics reminder from DoD secretary

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is reminding servicemembers and DoD employees about the ethical values of the department.