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1. Agriculture, Interior Hiring 20,000 Youths to Work Outdoors

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18-May-2012

This article outlines that here’s one way to get young people into public service: Pay them to spend time outside.

2. IRS Closing 43 offices, but says All Employees will Keep Their Jobs

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29-May-2012

This article details that Internal Revenue Service says its plan to close 43 small offices and to “reduce space” in its larger ones during the next two years will not result in loss of employees.

3. OPM Promises Fellows Program will be Better in 2013

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1-May-2012

This article discusses that when hundreds of aspiring young federal workers receive false acceptance letters from the government, something probably needs to be fixed -- and the Office of Personnel Management wants Congress to know something will be.

4. Senate Clears Procurement Chief and Top Defense Acquisition Officer

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29-May-2012

This article states that two key Obama administration nominees have won Senate confirmation -- Joseph Jordan to be administrator of the White House Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and Frank Kendall III as Defense undersecretary for acquisitions, logistics and technology.

5. Uncle Sam Wants You, At Every Age

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10-May-2012

This article mentions that the Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday unveiled the final details of the government’s new program to attract students and recent graduates to public service.

6. A Different Approach: Doing More (Work) With More (Talent)

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9-May-2012

This article states that recognizing the importance of small businesses to the government IT community, ACT-IAC sponsored the 6th annual Small Business Conference called ConnectSB: Accelerate and Achive.

7. Interior Outlines Potential Plan to cut 5,000 Jobs by October 2013

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24-Apr-2012

This article describes that according to a plan recently sent to the Office of Management and Budget, the Interior Department potentially could cut almost 5,000 jobs by October 2013 through early retirements, buyouts and field office consolidations.

8. To Avoid Involuntary Separations, Air Force to Allow Employees to Fill Buyout-created Vacancies

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19-Apr-2012

This article mentions that as part of its workforce reductions, the Air Force is allowing workers who will have their positions cut to choose instead to be transferred to a buyout-created position.

9. Navy Tries to Stave Off Commanders' Career-ending Missteps

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13-Apr-2012

This article mentions that the commanding officer of the Navy's Health Clinic New England was removed from her post last week, the sixth commanding officer to be fired by the Navy since the year began, according to media tallies.

10. Air Force Reserve Plans to Change About 3,000 Jobs in FY13

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7-Mar-2012

This article states that that the Air Force Reserve have announced that about 3,000 job changes on March 6 that will realign affected reservists into growing new career fields and help the Total Force reduce manning by 9,900 Airmen in fiscal 2013.