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VA is Working to Add New Features to its Health and Benefits App
The VA’s mobile phone app, which surpassed one million downloads last year, is rolling out new prescription refill and travel reimbursement services for veterans in the coming months.
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Chinese Spy Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison
The foreign national intended to obtain U.S. citizenship and a security clearance in order to get a federal government cybersecurity position.
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Congressional Democrats Propose an 8.7% Pay Raise for Feds in 2024
The annually introduced bill would provide a 4.7% across-the-board increase in basic pay and an average 4% increase to locality pay.
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When May a Robot Kill? New DOD Policy Tries to Clarify
An updated policy tweaks wording in a bid to dispel confusion.
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Justice 'Hacked the Hackers' of Hive Ransomware, Stopping $130M in Demands
It took national and international cooperation to thwart the group, who targeted more than 1,500 victims.
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Survey: CIOs Feel Elevated, Consider Themselves ‘Changemakers’
The survey found more than 3 in 4 chief information officers believe their roles have been elevated in response to recent economic times.
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OPM Has Replaced Its Embattled CFO Following Harassment Report
The Defense Department inspector general recently substantiated complaints that the senior executive sexually harassed subordinates and used racial slurs.
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The Pentagon’s Innovation Shop Wants More Influence in 2023
The agency wants to be part of program executives’ acquisition strategies and to spread more commercial-based tech across the department.
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Microsoft Office 365 Now Available to Customers at Secret Classification
Microsoft’s productivity suite is now available at a more secure classification level.
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Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Better Data Collection Plans for LGBTQI+ Community
After decades of demanding better data, the LGBTQI+ community will see more accurate and actionable representation in federal surveys, thanks to the new Evidence Agenda.
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GAO Pegs Unemployment Insurance Fraud Tally at More Than $60 billion
At the same time, the congressional watchdog cautioned that governmentwide fraud estimates are potentially dicey.
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Space Development Agency Satellite Network Gets Name Change
Its mission will not change, however.
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FAA Attributes Ground-stop Glitch to Contractor Error
The agency said there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent behind last week's system outage.
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OPM Guidance Lays Out Vision for ‘Exceptional’ Internship Programs at Agencies
Agencies should expand the number of interns they hire each year, among other things.
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'Taxpayer Advocate' pushes for IRS to make its own free, direct e-file system
A new report calls the current e-file program, a collaboration between private tax prep companies and the IRS, greatly underutilized and advises the agency to develop a new system.
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NIST Needs Lawyers to Help Administer $50B in CHIPS Act Funds
The agency is charged with issuing grants and loans, in addition to setting up new research institutes, and needs up to $10 million in legal advice.
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OPM Official Accused of Using N-Word, Sexual Harassment During His Tenure at Defense
OPM said it is reviewing the inspector general’s report.
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Tech Gig Workers Love the Flexibility, Report Finds
As the government looks to fill tech positions, it could consider offering some of the benefits that workers like about freelancing, such as flexibility and remote work.
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Former Oversight Chair: Republicans Just Want to ‘Investigate and Destroy’
Former Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., decried the direction of her former committee and Republican priorities in the new Congress.
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