How to Become a Foreign Service Officer There are five career paths one can follow as a foreign service officer. It's important to select the path you want to pursue...
Federal Salaries: How to Talk Your Way Up the Scale It is possible to negotiate a higher federal salary, provided you have some basic information about government pay scales.
Federal Resumes: The One Thing You Should Do In an ever-shifting government job landscape, you must be prepared to apply to whatever's available, and that means keeping...
Government Jobs: Secret Weapon for Job Hunters The economic downturn has forced private industry and state and local government to shed jobs, but one major employer in the...
Vets Needed to Fill Public Sector’s Mission-Critical Jobs With all the bad news about the U.S. employment situation in the media, you'd think it's impossible to find a job in today's...
Federal Jobs: 10 Common Resume Pitfalls to Avoid What are the most common issues to avoid when writing a resume for a federal job?
KSAs in the Resume Federal applicants are familiar with employers' requests to include a separate knowledge, skills and abilities narrative (KSA...
What to Know About Trump's Buyout Proposal for Federal Employees An email about the offer was sent to more than 2 million workers, according to Katie Miller, who serves on an advisory board...
GAO Investigates Security Clearance Process In light of crimes committed by clearances holders, the Government Accountability Office investigated the clearance process.
DoD Official Reports on Security Clearance Process The Defense Department has taken several initiatives to control clearances after a mass shooting by a contract employee.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
