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Why contractors should pay attention to diversity and inclusion

On March 18, agencies need to file diversity and inclusion strategies. How long before they ask contractors for the same?

  • By Eileen Cassidy Rivera

Booz Allen cuts ranks to reduce costs, increase competitiveness

The company’s announced layoffs will affect an unknown number of senior and middle managers.

  • By David Hubler

GTSI cut HR VP as part of broader downsizing effort

The firing of Bridget Atkinson was not based on performance but part of a restructuring that also eliminated 42 positions, GTSI CEO says.

  • By David Hubler

Second former female exec sues Booz Allen

Booz Allen Hamilton is being hit with a second lawsuit in two months from a former female partner who says her termination was a result of sex discrimination.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Ex-Booz Hamilton partner sues for sex discrimination

The suit asks that the court have Booz Allen reinstate her as a partner and award her back pay, benefits and damages for emotional distress.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Time to say goodbye to the employee suggestion box

Agencies should trash their employee suggestion boxes, unless all they want to hear is a bunch of complaints, says one consultant.

  • By Alyah Khan
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Potential debt limit fallout paints bleak picture for feds, contractors

If Congress fails to raise the government's debt limit before the Aug. 2 deadline, the federal government would face an unprecedented situation and federal employees are bound to be affected.

  • By Alyah Khan

Big 3 defense contractors feel axe of 1,000 cuts

Three major defense contractors in the Washington, D.C., region will be handing out pink slips until July.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Northrop Grumman layoffs could affect 200 by Memorial Day

Defense contractor will let 200 workers know this week that they will be terminated after May 31.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Tax cheats take note: Federal jobs may require audits

Senator proposed legislation to make anyone with seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for a federal job.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Acquisition hiring can be a hit-or-miss proposition

Without a standard checklist to refer to when hiring for your agency's acquisition workforce, blogger John Klossner writes that the ability to decipher nonverbal clues may be the next best thing.

  • By John Klossner

Acquisition hiring can be a hit-or-miss proposition

Without a standard checklist to refer to when hiring for your agency's acquisition workforce, blogger John Klossner writes that the ability to decipher nonverbal clues may be the next best thing.

  • By John Klossner

Does insourcing lead to 'theft' of contractor employees?

Federal agencies are expanding their in-house staffs at the expense of companies already struggling with an unstable economy, writes one reader.

  • By John Stein Monroe
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Contractors' hiring options would get squeezed by new Labor rule

A trade organization for federal contractors is opposing a Labor Department proposed rule that would require new service contractors to offer jobs to some workers from the predecessor contract.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DOE plans to retain bulk of contractor IT workforce

Energy CIO Tom Pyke said he intends to maintain the contractor IT workforce at current levels for the most part while insourcing a small portion of the jobs.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Ethics rule could slow DOD's revolving door

Defense Department employees who have worked on large procurements must get a written opinion from an ethics officer before signing on with a defense contractor.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

E-Verify gets extension and more money in spending bill

The House and Senate have both approved a three-year extension for the E-Verify employment verification system in the Homeland Security Department's spending legislation.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

E-verify: This time it's for real

The E-verify requirement goes live for contractors doing business with the federal government.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Groups ask court to delay E-Verify despite ruling

The organizations trying to stop the E-Verify rule from covering federal contractors have filed for an injunction to delay enforcement from beginning Sept. 8.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

OPM tells DOD to rebuild ailing NSPS personnel system

The National Security Personnel System should be rebuilt because of systemic problems, a task force finds.

  • By Doug Beizer

Business groups want Congress to address E-Verify concerns

TechAmerica and others ask lawmakers to deal with their worries about E-Verify.

  • By Ben Bain