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NASA gets the gold trophy again for Best Places to Work, but it hasn’t always been that way

After NASA shut down its 30-year shuttle program, the agency started to make “small, but not easy,” changes to boost workforce satisfaction.
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Fun stuff: an estival festival comes back after COVID

Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman speaks with Recreation News Publisher Karl Teel about interesting things to do in and near the nation’s capital.
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Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

New council recommendations would adjust several pay locality areas, but must get approval from the president’s pay agent before implementation.
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Project Documentation: 15 Essential Project Documents

Project managers know the importance of project documentation. Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to…Read More The post Project Documentation: 15 Essential Project Documents appeared first on ProjectManager.
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NASA gets the gold trophy again for Best Places to Work, but it hasn’t always been that way

After NASA shut down its 30-year shuttle program, the agency started to make “small, but not easy,” changes to boost workforce satisfaction.
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VIPRE Endpoint Detection and Response protects SMBs against malware and other malicious attacks

VIPRE Security Group announced it is preparing to add a new cybersecurity tool to its comprehensive suite of offerings. The new solution, VIPRE Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), was designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and IT partners navigate the complexities of EDR management from a single, easy-to-use console. While VIPRE EDR will be available publicly this fall, the company is ready to launch its Beta program and seeks users to test the … More → The post VIPRE Endpoint Detection and Response protects SMBs against malware and other malicious attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Researchers discover major roadblock in alleviating network congestion

Researchers discovered that congestion control algorithms designed to ensure multiple users sending data over a network do so fairly are actually unable to avoid situations where some users are hogging all the bandwidth.
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How IP address data can bolster cybersecurity for federal agencies and their contractors

Federal agencies and contractors need detailed intelligence to help them identify whether an IP address is associated with a VPN, proxy or a darknet so they can make smart decisions.
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Palo Alto debuts Unit 42 team for on-demand cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks this week announced the immediate availability of Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response (MDR), a service providing on-call cybersecurity specialists to track and respond to security threats in real time. The idea is to back Palo Alto’s existing automated Cortex extended detection and response (XDR) platform with human expertise, dedicating members of the company’s threat response team and others to minimizing unnecessary alerts and prioritizing those from serious threats. It’s a response, the company said in a statement, to an increasingly advanced and complicated threat environment—as well as an in-house security landscape that, in many cases, hasn’t matured to match. To read this article in full, please click here
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Actually, young people who join the government stay on

The latest study of federal employee attrition rates depicts a stable workforce
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