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Federal hiring and training is heading into a very different 2027.
Read article →New federal staffing guidance points at least one in three hires toward early-career talent and 60% toward shared certificates. What that shift means for how agencies assess and build technical capability.
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Fedstack Achieves CMMC Level 2 Certification to Support Secure Workforce Delivery for DoD Programs
Read article →Fedstack has achieved CMMC Level 2 certification, validating all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls and its handling of Controlled Unclassified Information across…
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Rebuilding the Path to Opportunity: Why Apprenticeships Matter More Than Ever
Read article →AI did not break the apprenticeship model. It exposed that the model was built for a different era. Why skills-first pathways matter…
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Fedstack Awarded $118M IRS OCIO Workforce Development BPA
Read article →The IRS Office of the Chief Information Officer selected Fedstack as one of two awardees for a five-year, $118 million BPA to…
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Fedstack Strengthens Federal Delivery and Workforce Leadership
Read article →Kevin Bierschenk joins as Senior Vice President and Rebecca Bier as Vice President, Client Solutions, deepening Fedstack's bench for federal delivery and…
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Future-Ready by Design: Rethinking Federal Workforce Development
Read article →Modern talent strategies, not just new technology, will decide whether government digital transformation succeeds. What reductions in force and fast AI adoption…
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Smoothstack Earns Gold at the 2025 HIRE Vets Medallion Awards
Read article →The U.S. Department of Labor has recognized Smoothstack with a 2025 HIRE Vets Medallion Award at the Gold level, for excellence in…
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Elev8 GovCon Spotlight: FedStack: Unlocking Potential with a Commitment to Building a Sustainable Industry
Read article →Fedstack on what partnership, employee care, and community engagement look like in practice, and what changes now that the firm can serve…
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Fedstack Recognized as 2026 Elev8 GovCon Honoree
Read article →Fedstack has been named a 2026 Elev8 GovCon honoree for the second consecutive year, recognized for its work modernizing the federal workforce…
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Cleared, Capable, and Contract-Ready: Aligning Talent to your Mission
Read article →Clearance alone does not make a team mission-ready. Federal projects need people who are technically skilled, contract-ready, and aligned to the agency's…
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Excerpt from – “How talent-strapped CISOs can tap former federal government cyber pros”
Read article →An excerpt on where former government cyber professionals fit in the private sector, from hands-on vulnerability management and threat hunting to strategic…
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Case Study: Fedstack Automates Education Benefits Processing for Veterans Affairs
Read article →Fedstack supports the VA's Digital GI Bill Delivery Program with full-stack DevOps engineers automating education benefits processing, monitoring systems, and holding the…
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Case Study: Supporting TSA’s Mission with CI/CD, Agile, and Skilled Developers
Read article →The Transportation Vetting System consolidated three fragmented credentialing systems into one agile platform. How Fedstack moved monolithic applications to microservices and automated…