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HHS launches $80M public health IT workforce program promoting equity

by Dave Nyczepir

The program will address health and socioeconomic inequalities that were illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data community asks OMB to remember data funding in fiscal 2022

by Dave Nyczepir

Reissuing a national data strategy, launching a national secure data service and giving chief data officers $50 million also made the Data Coalition's open letter.

Here are the IT and cyber experts helping with the Biden transition

by Jackson Barnett

Here are all the people with government IT and cyber policy backgrounds working on Biden's transition team.

Federal Data Science Training Program will make use of coronavirus datasets, be entirely online

by Dave Nyczepir

The free six-month training program will span all 24 CFO Act agencies and culminate in capstone projects tailored to each.

USDS wants to fix the ‘black hole’ USAJOBS with alternative hiring assessment

by Dave Nyczepir

The U.S. Digital Service recently piloted pass-fail assessments of applicants against IT job requirements at the Department of Health and Human Services and National Park Service.

Coding it Forward brings 55 tech-savvy students to D.C.

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Coding it Forward’s Civic Digital Fellowship just keeps growing. The summer internship program for and by college students announced it is kicking off its third summer cohort with 55 fellows working at six agencies. These include nine fellows at the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 20 fellows at the Census Bureau; three at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service; nine at

White House celebrates ‘outstanding’ employees with Gears of Government awards

by Billy Mitchell

The White House recognized 24 federal employees at seven agencies Monday with the President’s Gears of Government Award. Developed in 2018 by the Office of Management and Budget, the awards recognize federal employees “whose performance and dedication support exceptional delivery of key outcomes for the American people: mission results, customer service, and accountable stewardship,” according to

OMB issues a new model for federal shared services

by Dave Nyczepir

The Office of Management and Budget issued a shared services policy Friday designating four initial agencies as leads on governmentwide standardization efforts around technology and other common solutions. Through the Quality Services Management Offices, or QSMOs, the General Services Administration will oversee a human resources marketplace, the Department of Treasury one for financial services, the Department of

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