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Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said there has been an expanded use of digital tools as more federal employees telework due to the coronavirus pandemic and that agencies can now begin to reassess their physical requirements, Federal Times reported Thursday.

Dale Cabaniss, director of the Office of Personnel Management, immediately resigned from her post Tuesday, Politico reported. Michael Rigas, deputy director at OPM, will lead the agency on an interim basis, according to a spokesperson for OPM.

Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the Federal Data Strategy will help establish a data reskilling pilot in addition to delivering a sense of data literacy to federal employees, Federal News Network reported Friday.

The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that allows agencies to hire former federal personnel who have acquired higher-level skillsets and appoint them without competition to roles at any grade level for which they are qualified.

Congressional negotiators have approved an average salary rate increase of 3.1 percent for federal civilian and military personnel as part of government spending legislation for fiscal year 2020, Government Executive reported Monday.

The White House announced on Monday that the recipients of the Gears of Government President’s Award, which seeks to acknowledge the contributions of federal employees and teams who help improve the lives of U.S. citizens. “These awards recognize not just the front-line mission employees, but also those teams and individuals that are strengthening our country to be a more modern, effective government to better serve their fellow citizens,” Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of management and Budget, said in a statement published Monday.

Federal Chief Information Officer and 2019 Wash100 Award winner Suzette Kent said the CIO Council is accepting applications for the second group of individuals who will undergo training as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. “Our second set of reskilling activities are kicking off,” Kent said Tuesday at the GDIT Emerge conference in Washington.

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., have reintroduced a bill that aims to boost the versatility of the federal government's cyber workforce. The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act would establish a program through which cybersecurity professionals would rotate across the federal government to address the needs of various agencies, the office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., said Thursday.

Margaret Weichert, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, said the Trump administration aims to integrate workforce efforts through executive councils and agencies in 2019, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. Weichert noted that the government will focus on the collaboration of agencies in workforce initiatives such as reskilling federal personnel, fostering employee engagement and shortening hiring procedures.

The Office of Management and Budget is launching the government’s first cyber reskilling academy to train employees who aren't in the information technology field to become cyber defense analysts, Government Matters reported Sunday. Jason Gray, chief information officer at the Department of Education, said the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy will provide participants with the latest cyber practices and problem-solving skills to protect their networks.