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The Best US Federal Agencies to Work For

06/13/2023
2022’s Best Federal Agencies to Work For: NASA, GAO, and CBO take top spots. The Federal Government edition of the “Best Places to Work” rankings for 2022 have been published. The set of statistics breaks down the governmental organizations by ... Read More

2022 FEVS: Government Job Satisfaction Sees Slight Dip

06/08/2023
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results have been published by OPM. Let’s take a look. The Office of Personnel Managements (OPM) conducts an annual survey across federal agencies, known as FEVS. The results from last year’s survey were published ... Read More

Debt Ceiling Worries

05/18/2023
STWS Advisor Jennifer Meyer comments on the looming debt ceiling crisis – is it time to start worrying? Jennifer Meyer, CFP© Every time I turn on the news these days, I hear the dreaded “debt ceiling” is looming and will ... Read More

Federal Government Embraces Transitionary Period of Pandemic

05/16/2023
Vaccine mandate repealed by White House and approach to remote work has shifted, but is the pandemic finally over? According to World Health Organization (WHO), no. Last week, the vaccine mandate for the federal workforce was put to an end. ... Read More

OPM Operating Status Change: Will Feds Be Returning to the Office?

04/26/2023
OPM announced it will be formally removing the COVID-19 operating status on May 15th. Back in March of 2020, a government-wide operating status was put into effect by OPM when the pandemic first struck. It allowed federal agencies to maximize ... Read More

NASA News: The Next Astronauts to Visit the Moon

04/20/2023
The Artemis II Crew was announced earlier this month. Meet the federal employees who will take humanity back to the moon after 5 decades. On Monday, April 10th, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas, the four-man crew for the ... Read More

FDA News: Recent Inspections Impact Pharmaceutical Stocks

04/12/2023
On the business side of things, this was welcomed news by the manufacturer. After the inspection results were made public, the corporation’s stock grew over 6% on April 3rd. Piramal Pharma has a 5-year loss of almost 75%* but the ... Read More

NASA News: Updates from ISS and Artemis Missions

03/21/2023
SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Vehicles continue to transport astronauts to and from ISS. Also – safety panel assesses the Artemis moon missions. On March 3rd, The SpaceX spaceship known as the Endeavor successfully flew NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody ... Read More

US Marshals – the Latest Victim of Cyber Attack, Called ‘Major Incident’

03/09/2023
The US Marshals Service (USMS) was recently infiltrated by hackers, exposing potentially sensitive information. The US Marshals Service experienced a cyberattack at the end of 2019 that wasn’t discovered until several months later, in May of 2020. That data breach ... Read More

TSA to Add Two Leadership Positions to Assist with Technology

03/06/2023
A look at the TSA’s digital transformation, which will require two new officers at the head of the agency. Yemi Oshinnaiye, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently took several weeks to hop around the ... Read More