Ask Reg: Can I negotiate my federal salary offer?Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee.By Reg Jones2 months ago
Ask Reg: How long does it take to be vested for federal pension?A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility.By Reg Jones2 months ago
OpinionThe US has always had ‘big government’ – even in the Colonial eraThe idea of small government is a myth at odds with U.S. history, the authors argue.By Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University, and Joseph P. Tomain, University of Cincinnati4 months ago
Federal workers with only high school degrees outearn private sectorCBO data from 2022 discloses how federal pay may not fall too behind private sectors for workers with lower levels of education.By Cristina Stassis4 months ago
OpinionNIST, the National Vulnerability Database and the great unravelingThe NVD as a central repository for analyzing and understanding vulnerabilities can only be fully appreciated in its absence.By Scott Kuffer4 months ago
Federal workers, both Democrat and Republican, eager to vote this fallPast behavior shows this population will show up big at the polls. How feds will vote is less clear.By Molly Weisner4 months ago
FDIC fostered ‘misogynistic,’ ‘patriarchal’ workplace, report findsMore than 500 workers reported incidents of harassment, discrimination and other issues, a law firm found.By Fatima Hussein4 months ago
Medicare, Social Security go-broke dates pushed back by strong economyMedicare’s go-broke date for its hospital insurance trust fund was pushed back five years to 2036, Social Security’s trust funds run into trouble in 2035.By Fatima Hussein and Tom Murphy4 months ago
More than two-thirds of federal buildings need repair, watchdog findsCritical maintenance for fire suppression, generators and emergency lighting had gone unaddressed, the report finds.By Molly Weisner5 months ago
Biden, Trump worlds apart on most issues, including federal workforceTrump vows an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which he has long blamed for stymying his first term agenda.5 months ago
Impact of massive health care cyberattack on vets remains unclear A massive cyberattack against a private health care firm in February may have exposed millions of veterans' personal medical records.By Leo Shane III5 months ago
Danti search engine answers Space Force location questions with imagesThe tool draws from public government databases and is versed in geospatial, signals and open-source intelligence, and is already in operation.By Molly Weisner5 months ago