Management
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Of the $2.6 trillion in emergency pandemic spending Congress authorized last spring, federal agencies received over $82 billion for program administration and oversight.
January 29, 2021 -
The Air Force is reorganizing its space acquisition office to better support the Space Force and other new space entities, but there are still questions surrounding exactly how the Pentagon will consolidate its space procurement.
January 28, 2021 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Tammy Whitcomb, USPS' third Inspector General, who was appointed in 2018.
January 28, 2021 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is adding more data for smaller areas around the country that had previously been unavailable.
January 28, 2021 -
Denis McDonough, the president's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, said he'll bring his deep knowledge of government operations to the agency, which he and several senators said will be helpful in a complex bureaucracy like VA.
January 28, 2021 -
Amelia Strauss, a policy adviser at Demand Progress, has studied the strengths and shortcomings of the Capitol Hill Police since way before the riots.
January 28, 2021 -
The executive action raises the profile of senior career officials at scientific agencies, seeks to increase transparency around agency research and regulations and makes federal data sets more accessible to researchers.
January 28, 2021 -
The Trump administration left open more non-competitive positions near the end of its four years in office compared to the two previous terms. Some of those vacancies persisted, with the tenure of acting leadership outlasting that of permanent appointees at several key positions.
January 27, 2021 -
The Army is finding ways to use tools initially developed for telework to accelerate the deployment of classified networks on its bases.
January 27, 2021 -
Chris DeRusha is the new federal chief information security officer. He served as Biden campaign CISO, and worked at DHS, the White House and the state of Michigan in cybersecurity roles.
January 26, 2021 -
The federal government funds a lot of research and development each year, but not all of it. Yet protection of R&D intellectual property from foreign adversaries is a concern.
January 26, 2021 -
As the Biden administration gets up and running, the president's pick to run the State Department sees an opportunity to revitalize its workforce.
January 26, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, over a third of federal employees say they spent as many as five hours out of their work week doing low-value or tedious work.
January 26, 2021 -
Janet Yellen has been confirmed as President Joe Biden’s treasury secretary in an overwhelming Senate vote
January 25, 2021 -
When the Government Accountability Office releases its summary of work by its bid protest adjudication unit, it includes the number of cases decided using alternative dispute resolution.
January 25, 2021