All posts tagged "United States of America"
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US cyber vulnerability increases as staff lured by private sectorThe US government’s capacity to fend off advanced cyber attacks is coming under pressure as it loses specialised staff to the private sector, a report has warned. In its 2019
- Posted February 12, 2019
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Citizenship question threatens US census, says former programme chiefA former US census chief has warned that plans to include a question about people’s citizenship in the country’s 2020 national census is likely to depress response rates, damaging the
- Posted January 16, 2018
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Tina Tchen, former Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls: Exclusive InterviewAfter 22 years as a partner in a Chicago law firm, Tina Tchen was hired by the Obamas to spearhead their work on gender equality. She tells Matt Ross how
- Posted March 7, 2017
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Report sheds light on federal contract opportunities in Trump eraA new report has offered insights into how the procurement landscape will look for companies bidding for government contracts in the Trump era, pointing to emerging opportunities in defence, security
- Posted March 2, 2017
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US foreign service vacuum as Trump purges public servantsThe entire top management team of the US state department left government last week, fueling fears that the foreign service will see a mass exodus of talent under president Donald
- Posted January 30, 2017
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War of words breaks out over plans to make it easier to fire U.S. civil servantsThe chairman of a U.S. state civil service commission has spoken out against plans by a Republican politicians to pass legislation making it easier to fire state employees. Republican Dan
- Posted June 3, 2016
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America’s troops to get 1.6% wage increase, but critics say the law calls for bigger riseA key panel in the U.S. upper house has voted in favour of a 1.6% pay rise for America’s troops. The Senate Armed Services Committee last week approved the proposals
- Posted May 19, 2016
