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Outdated SEC communications rules are putting compliance and competitiveness at risk
Thu Dec 04 12:52 pm

"[T]he burden is both on the firm as well as on the regulator to try to parse through these very large sets of data," said Robert Cruz.

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Risk and Compliance 2025 Exchange: Diligent’s Jason Venner on moving beyond manual cyber compliance
Thu Dec 04 12:42 pm

The Pentagon has been leading a push to shift cyber risk management beyond static checklists and manual processes, the Diligent solutions leader says.  

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DoD employees under Federal Wage System to get long-delayed pay raise
Wed Dec 03 6:53 pm

DoD workers could see the pay bump reflected in their next paychecks.

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Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations
Wed Dec 03 6:11 pm

Six former EPA employees who signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration are now appealing their subsequent terminations to the MSPB.

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Virginia Tech and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to train the next generation of national security leaders in generative AI
Wed Dec 03 5:25 pm

"This program shows how academia, industry and government can come together," Jamie Cogbill said.

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An objective, unemotional investment strategy for your TSP, easy to say but hard to do in uncertain times
Wed Dec 03 5:16 pm

"Part of the investment plan is to know what you're going to do when the stock market does crash. Because inevitably it's going to," Art Stein said.

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Gen AI adoption is reshaping roles and raising tough questions about workforce strategy
Wed Dec 03 4:45 pm

"How do we best position citizens to equip themselves with the right sets of skills? I think that's the big public policy question," Ramayya Krishnan said.

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‘A workplace crisis:’ Nearly all Foreign Service employees report lower morale in union-led survey
Wed Dec 03 4:19 pm

The American Foreign Service Association warns an experienced diplomatic workforce “is not easily rebuilt,” after over 4,000 employees left this year.

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OPM encourages agencies to consider reassigning SES members
Wed Dec 03 1:49 pm

The new memo comes after OPM also advised agencies to consider lowering their staffing allocations for senior-level positions.

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Learn more about FEP plans and why you should choose Blue Focus
Wed Dec 03 11:49 am

A plan that fits your needs.

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Committee Republicans advance House bill to overhaul the federal probationary period
Tue Dec 02 6:55 pm

House Republicans' EQUALS Act would require most new federal employees to serve a two-year probationary period before becoming tenured government workers.

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‘The mission is dead’: Federal workers say the shutdown made an ‘extremely trying year’ worse
Tue Dec 02 6:40 pm

“As if morale wasn't already non-existent, it sure is now," one federal worker said.

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