Artificial Intelligence
Defense Department Looks to Update AI Workforce Contract
According to the request for information, the DOD sees potential improvement in how it supplements its workforce with industry experts.
Cybersecurity
Labor Group Highlights Conflict of Interest Issues in Cyber Workforce Legislation
The federal workers union wrote to senators opposing an amendment to the NDAA that would establish a civilian reserve at CISA.
Modernization
Most Government Orgs Fail to Meet Digital Transformation Objectives, Report Finds
The report argued that governments should center digital efforts on workforce skills and enhancing citizens’ experiences.
Policy
Upskilling Programs that Tackle One Skill are 'Naive,' Experts Warn
Panelists at a Brookings event emphasized that jobs typically require a bundle of skills, not just one.
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Modernization
The Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Turned 10, What’s Next?
Presidential Innovations Fellow Director Rebeca Lamadrid discussed the “stay flexible” mentality of the program and where it is heading for its next 10 years.
Digital Government
Oversight of DOD Special Operations Forces Requires Better Data, Watchdog Says
Current data collected by U.S. Special Operations Command lacked both consistency and transparency, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Digital Government
White House Seeks Advice on Cyber Workforce Development
The Office of the National Cyber Director is looking for input in a new request for information and will eventually quiz respondents about their ideas.
Ideas
Can Coworkers Prevent ‘Quiet Quitting’?
"...it is clear that companies can benefit significantly when employees go above and beyond what's required of them."
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard Must Address Cyber Workforce Needs, Watchdog Says
The agency is only fully implementing seven out of 12 best practices, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Ideas
What Will it Take to End the Public Sector’s Cybersecurity Talent Gap?
The difference between the number of open cybersecurity positions and the number of people able to fill those roles has skyrocketed in recent years.
Ideas
Innovation Calls for Upskilling: Preparing the Workforce for Ethical AI and ML
Realizing the full potential of new technologies requires the cultivation of new skills
Modernization
Collaborative Tools Are More Needed Than Performance Tech in Remote Work, Study Says
According to the study, current tools focus on productivity, but there needs to be a transition for the government to also focus on collaboration.
Digital Government
US Trails China in Key Tech Areas, New Report Warns
Ex-Google, DOD leaders paint dire picture unless U.S. organizes to win technology races.
Digital Government
DHS Launches 'Largest Customer Experience Hiring Initiative’ with Hundreds of Technologist Positions
The agency’s recruitment initiative comes in response to President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order seeking to streamline the “government-to-customer delivery process.”
Digital Government
More Than 1 in 3 Government Employees Haven’t Taken a Vacation in Last Year, Survey Says
Public sector employees cite the cost of taking time off as a key reason why they aren’t vacationing.
Ideas
Americans Think They Know a Lot About Politics—and It’s Bad for Democracy That They’re so Often Wrong in Their Confidence
Many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do. That overconfidence can thwart democratic politics.
Digital Government
It's Official: Biden Formalizes Average 4.6% Pay Raise Plan for Feds in 2023
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic pay increases from taking effect confirms that 0.5% of the total pay raise will go to an average increase in locality pay.
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Cybersecurity
Much-hyped Effort to Help DHS Land Cyber Talent is Slow to Make Hires
So far about four hires have been made under the Cybersecurity Talent Management System, with the agency hoping to make offers to 150 new cyber specialists by the end of September.
Modernization
CISA Seeks Software Engineers to Build New Registrar for .Gov Domain
The agency is taking new hiring authorities out for a spin in the recruitment effort to make state and local government websites more secure
Digital Government