Tom Temin

Crowdstrike has a lot to teach about routine system maintenance

The recent Crowdstrike outage has shown everything that can go wrong when doing a simple update.

Cybersecurity

DIU

A look at the origins of the Defense Innovation Unit

Defense

Government Accountability Office

Image of GAO sign at headquarters office

GAO reviews how the VA is training its claim processors

Agency Oversight

Thousands of Vietnam veterans are missing out on VA benefits

Veterans Affairs

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service

This HHS operative is taking on high and complicated hospital bills

Workforce

National Archives & Records Administration

NARA takes on digitizing modern textual records and other formats

Management

The Marshals Service has trouble managing detention

Agency Oversight

FILE - People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights supporters say personhood could hamper in-vitro fertilization or subject women who have abortions to murder charges. At least five states have adopted personhood laws or constitutional amendments. Georgia's law is the most extensive, granting tax breaks and child support to fetuses. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Group of federal employees still pushing for more fertility benefits through insurance program

Federal Newscast

Federal contractors get some guidance on using AI when hiring

Federal Newscast

A new NASA experiment shows finding the building blocks for life on other planets may not require much digging

Technology

Some highlights of provisions in this year’s NDAA that could affect contractors

Defense

Could a talent shortage at the FAA lead to more trouble for the airline industry?

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee held a hearing on maintaining staffing for the U.S. air traffic control system.

Hiring/Retention

Though the Defense Department managed to go unscathed through the Crowdstrike outage, it remains on the alert

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department generally escaped the effects of Friday’s global internet problems.

Federal Newscast

The road to electrifying America’s personal vehicles starts with the USPS EV fleet

Management

It’s been a major policy initiative of the Biden administration to get more Americans and agencies utilizing electric vehicles.