President Biden today delivered most Federal workers an early holiday present in the form of a day off on Dec. 24 – the day before Christmas that is celebrated by many. The Federal government is already closed for Dec. 25. […]

While the Pentagon continues to build its cybersecurity capabilities, not everyone within the agency’s departments is prioritizing meeting cybersecurity standards, said David McKeown, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer, on Friday.     […]

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that outgoing congressman Dan Bishop, R-N.C., will serve as his administration’s number two budget slasher. […]

General Services Administration (GSA) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bo Berlas has moved to the private sector after more than 20 years at the agency. […]

Working to improve the warfighter user experience as much as the technologies that underlie that goal is critical to ensuring mission success, according to Renata Spinks, the former chief information security officer and deputy chief information officer of the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) division in the Office of the Deputy Command for Information in the U.S. Marine Corps.  […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced $30 million of funding to expand learning opportunities for the U.S. workforce in emerging technology areas such as advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, and biotechnology. […]

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has reduced its onboarding process for new hires – from application to hiring – from 492 days to 280 days, with expectations that the timeline will continue to decrease, according to a senior agency official. […]

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Wednesday that the agency’s cybersecurity capabilities are suffering from a shortage of skilled IT workers that stems from a slim budget to hire enough of them. […]

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its final quarterly updates to the Biden-Harris administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA) last week, noting that the PMA teams will continue to work on achieving their final milestones through January 2025. […]

Technology advances, especially in artificial intelligence (AI), have put a spotlight on technical skills gaps across the workforce. This is of particular concern amid growing cybersecurity threats and budgetary challenges for Federal agencies.  […]

While the United States is home to more than half of the top universities in the world, there is more work to be done when it comes to artificial intelligence education – and that’s something NVIDIA is trying to improve. According to U.S. News & World Report, only 10% of the top global AI universities are in the United States. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is partnering with the Department of Commerce (DoC) to build out a network that will train skilled workers for good-paying jobs needed in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry over the next decade.  […]

With its self-imposed clean audit opinion deadline of 2028 nearing, the Department of Defense (DoD) needs to ensure that it has both the sufficient and skilled workforce it needs to successfully fulfill its financial management tasks, a new watchdog report says.   […]

The cybersecurity field is facing a persistent workforce shortage, and educating young people about the importance of cybersecurity and its career opportunities is one way that Bridget Bean, the executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is aiming to help solve it.   […]

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) – a congressionally chartered non-profit that conducts research and other work addressing government challenges – has appointed James-Christian Blockwood as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer, effective in January 2025.  […]

Two key Federal workforce bills won approval from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today. […]

Intelligence and defense agencies must not only attract digital-savvy new recruits and upskill their current employees but also need to update their career development processes to retain both groups over the longer term, former Defense Department (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO), John Sherman, said on Sept. 16. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has appointed Nora Christine Dillman as the new deputy director of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Dillman announced via a LinkedIn post on Sunday. […]

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has begun to roll out its continuous vetting (CV) service for the Federal government’s non-sensitive public trust (NSPT) workforce. […]

In a new blog post, White House National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker is pleading with the American people to rise to the occasion of a new opportunity to serve the country by defending cyberspace. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) welcomed a group of 70 new fellows to the U.S. Digital Corps (USDC) on Tuesday after receiving a record-breaking 2,000 applications.  […]

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Michael Sulmeyer as the first-ever cyber policy chief for the Department of Defense (DoD). […]

In its annual circular dealing with the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Federal government budget, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that agencies should plan for a 3 percent pay raise for civilian employees in January 2026. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a reorganization that will streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data, and AI strategy and policy functions. […]

The Biden-Harris administration announced actions this week from government, academia, and civil society that aim to grow and enable the public interest technology ecosystem through bolstering the workforce. […]

A top cybersecurity official at the State Department said Tuesday that the agency is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to “buy back time” for the cyber workforce. […]

The Senate on July 10 voted to approve the nomination of Anne Marie Wagner for a five-year term on the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), which is charged with promoting and establishing fair labor practices in the Federal government. […]

The White House’s Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Jake Braun stepped down from his role on June 28, returning to academia full-time at the University of Chicago. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has created a new chief experience officer (CXO) role to prioritize enhancements to customer experience across DISA. […]