Facilities/Construction

DeJoy outlines USPS plans to close, consolidate facilities across its delivery network

The Postal Service is looking to restructure its network of facilities in its delivery network as part of an ongoing effort to improve its long-term financial…

White House permitting plan seeks interagency coordination for infrastructure spending

Agency Oversight

A joint cybersecurity advisory released by the Department of Energy, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency and the FBI is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The agencies issued the joint alert Wednesday announcing the discovery of malicious cyber tools capable of gaining

Connected federal buildings could become prime cyber targets

Commentary

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA delays plans to close Houston lab, relocate employees amid nationwide consolidation

Workforce

Amid ‘grave’ concerns about facility conditions, Navy learned lessons about shipyard overhaul

Navy

FILE - The Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is seen in Washington. The Trump Organization said ,Wednesday, May, 11, 2022, that it has completed the sale of rights to run the hotel to CGI Merchant Group of Miami for what it described as a record price per room for the city. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, postal workers load their mail delivery vehicles at the Panorama city post office in Los Angeles. The Nov. 3 election will test California's commitment to voting by mail as the nation's most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people to cast ballots from the safety of their mailboxes during a pandemic. If it doesn't work, the state could see long lines and frustrated voters on Election Day compounded by coronavirus protocols that will make voting in person slower in a year expected to draw a big turnout. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Challenge to USPS fleet cost analysis advances to House floor after committee vote

Agency Oversight

DoD IG says SPACECOM basing decision was legal, large parts of rationale remain redacted

Space Operations

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State Department’s future of work starts with accessibility

Workforce

Survey: What are your thoughts on return-to-office plans?

Workforce

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2020, file photo with the Capitol in the background, two women toast in the air from afar while enjoying a warm fall afternoon as the sun begins to set on the National Mall in Washington. Officials in the nation's capital are questioning the results of the 2020 census, which show a large boost in population but not as high as they had expected. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Capital Planning Commission’s equity plan calls for stronger project site considerations

Facilities/Construction

Ben Tritt
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Division Head, High Energy Laser Weapons System

On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: New ways to zap the enemy

In the fourth installment of interviews from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, we explored two futuristic systems.

Navy

Dale Sisson
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
SES Technical Director

On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: A history of computing advances

For the second installment in this week’s series looking at Dahlgren’s activities, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the division’s Technical…

Navy

Capt. Casey Plew
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Commanding Officer, April 2019 to April 29, 2022

On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: Testing weapons over the Potomac

Navy

Guns of all sizes, some day steel cutting lasers and hypersonic launchers – none of it gets mounted on a Navy ship until it’s been tested and vetted by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.