The White House Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum requiring all public websites operated by the federal government to use Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) for their web browsing connections.
The author says that regardless of your role within your agency, having clear criteria for exactly what success looks like in the context of your overall mission is the single most powerful tool you can use to achieve satisfaction at work.
There has been confusion as to whether or not federal retirees are potentially at risk in the wake of the data breach at OPM. New information may help to clarify this important question.
The Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) since 2011 has conducted nineteen investigations of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) internal elections finding misconduct. The author notes that if you count up the bad elections by union, AFGE has more than any other public or private sector labor organization over the past five years.
The Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act which would benefit federal employees in law enforcement is making progress towards becoming law after some recent actions in Congress.
The TSP issued the following statement today in the wake of the news about the massive cyber attack that has left millions of current and former federal workers’ personal data vulnerable:
We are aware of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) cybersecurity incident. It is important to note that TSP account numbers are not shared with OPM.
The Office of Personnel Management reported that its outstanding backlog of retirement claims was reduced by 15.6% in May.
With recent hacking of federal government computers on a massive scale, it is apparent federal agencies are struggling to compete for talent in Cybersecurity and Digital Services. Is government going to be able to compete for this talent pool?
More information is continuing to be released about the massive computer breach that hit the Office of Personnel Management’s computer network and left so many federal workers’ personal data potentially vulnerable. Here are the key facts you need to know about this ongoing situation.
What officials believe may be the largest cyber attack to ever hit government computers has potentially impacted the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees. The Office of Personnel Management has provided this important information to the federal workforce to help them safeguard their personal data.
