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Brain injury, whether sustained at a test firing range or in battle, has long been a priority for the Defense medical system. The Warfighter Brain Health Initiative this year has boosted its research efforts on service members cognitive abilities and how certain events can threaten it.
While the threat of a partial government shutdown still looms, one group of federal employees has a message for Congress. Find a way past it. That is, in part, what concerns Federally Employed Women (FEW). For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Pamela Richards, FEW's president.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Navy no longer requires a high school diploma to enlist. A long-time federal technology executive is retiring. And a former acting IG has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a software-theft conspiracy.
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington, has turned to Microsoft for high-performance computing requirements. In what it calls a multi-year collaboration, the lab and the software giant will apply artificial intelligence to speed up research in clean energy. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with PNNL Associate Director and Chief Digital Officer, Brian Abrahamson.
It's not an agency, but it works to transfer vital technology developments out of federal laboratories and into the market. The Federal Lab Consortium encompasses some 300 federal organizations.
The House and Senate are both in session this week. But the House is only around for this week and next, before taking another two-week recess. That schedule brings Congress right up to the next federal-funding deadline.
In today's Federal Newscast: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to make a full recovery, according to doctors at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing hard to improve customer experience. And sex and work-culture scandals at the FDIC catch the attention and ire of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.
Federal employees, who make rules on behalf of their agencies, are wondering if the Supreme Court will change the ground rules. In Loper Bright Enterprises versus Raimondo, herring fishermen suing the Commerce Department basically said that Congress lets agencies go way too far.
It's one thing to be controlled at work. Everyone has dealt with controlling bosses and co-workers. It's another thing to be in control of your work and your life. One thing can make the difference.
In today's Federal Newscast: The White House has set new expectations for how agencies should support small-business contracting. The Marine Corps is moving away from strictly using the Force Design 2030 label. And it's deadline day, as the White House awaits agency plans on how to decrease telework.
Survey reveals people really treasure work-life balance, even if it meant hypothetically less salary
You may not wake up thinking about Cislunar-space situational awareness, but people at the Air Force Research Laboratories. In fact, AFRL has had two programs for such awareness. Two programs they have brought together. The resulting program is called the Oracle family of systems.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received 18,000 tips from would-be whistleblowers in 2023. Since starting its whistleblower program in 2011, the SEC has paid tipsters some $6.3 billion.
If the 2023 stock market showed anything, it is that you cannot predict the stock market. Instead, you need a strategy you can stick with. To find out what the rear-view mirror is telling investors,…