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The Veterans Affairs Department employs more than 4,300 police officers, physical security specialists and investigators.
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VA security personnel aren’t detecting knives or booze, according to a watchdog report assessing medical facility security
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Waiting to retire could be worth thousands of dollars
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said last year the National Park Service alone would hire 7,700 seasonal staff, but internal data show the agency peaked at around 5,150 temporary workers, or 33% short of its target. 
Workforce
'Going to be a s***show': Parks, Interior struggle to hire temporary staff ahead of busy season
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at a manufacturing facility on May 5, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa. For Easter, she sent a message to the department's workforce that said, “Today we celebrate the greatest story ever told."
Workforce
‘Sermonizing’ Easter email prompts USDA employees to sue agency
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., argued that extensive use of settlements could serve to mask systemic issues of favoritism or other management malfeasance in cases where employees’ appeals were justified.
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House GOP probes agency settlements with federal workers
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With 8,000 boomers retiring each day, it’s time to reinvent work.

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How data sharing can improve citizen services.

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