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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

DeJoy agrees to pause some USPS facility changes until 2025

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says USPS will pause the movement of mail processing operations at facilities across the country until January 2025.

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NLRB, Jennifer Abruzzo

NLRB ‘doing more with less’ between growing caseload, stagnating staffing

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VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants

VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

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ASPIRE targets the waste in federal workforce training

Tony Boese, the research programs manager and associate researcher in VA’s NAII, said the new workforce education platform reduces the need for retraining.

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The time for government to feel has come

The time for government to feel has come

Embracing the humanity of federal employees isn’t about balancing robotic professionalism and joyful home lives.

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkReturn-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

Return-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

With the federal return-to-office conversation always in flux, Federal News Network wants to keep you up-to-date on what it all means for federal employees.

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Ronald Stroman

USPS board member urges agency to slow network changes over persistent mail delays

A key member of the USPS Board of Governors is calling on the agency to slow down its network modernization plans, citing persistent mail delays.

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 Cara Abercrombie, National Security Council senior director for defense, speaks with attendees during the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit in Arlington, Va., Aug. 3, 2022. The summit is hosting senior enlisted leaders from 54 countries to reinforce partnerships between military services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

DoD stands up 'SWAT team' to help speed software acquisition

Adoption of DoD’s new software acquisition pathway has been slow, but officials are looking for ways to jumpstart its use.

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Navy aircraft

Navy hired this company to develop a new type of aircraft

The Naval Air Systems Command recently hired a company called Electra to study the development of such an electrically-powered plane.

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artificial intelligence

How AI has raised the stakes in the cyber battles

Cyber attackers have started using artificial intelligence in a big way. That means you need to us it to stay ahead of them.

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Ultimate secure agency issues advice for secure AI

AI brings special challenges for security. Now the National Security Agency (NSA) has published what it calls guidance for strengthening AI system security.

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House, FAA reauthorizationCongress, House Speaker

The House is 'it' this week, when it comes to agency authorizations

The Senate managed to pass an important bill last week, authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration. That makes the House “it,” so to speak.

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Space Force

Air Force study recommends moving Guard units to Space Force as opposition mounts

The Pentagon’s study recommends moving all Guard space units into the Space Force. But state governors, lawmakers and Guard leaders are pushing against it.

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USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

26 senators tell USPS to ‘pause all changes’ to delivery network until regulator’s review

A bipartisan group of 26 senators is calling on the Postal Service to halt its network modernization changes, until an independent regulator can weigh in.

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Defense News

AI Warplane

AI and human pilots were ‘roughly even’ during latest tests

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Pay & Benefits

VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants

VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

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Technology

AI EO, Executive Order on Artificial intelligence

Innovation is transforming government. Now it’s time to update tech procurement

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Brad Smith

Congressmen request Microsoft president testify about ‘cascade of security failures, cybersecurity shortfalls’

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Workforce

NLRB, Jennifer Abruzzo

NLRB ‘doing more with less’ between growing caseload, stagnating staffing

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