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In today's Federal Newscast: The White House is being pressured to name a new cyber executive. A couple have senators have drafted a bill to require federal-agency leadership to get up-to-speed on Artificial Intelligence. And federal correctional officers continue the fight for COVID-19 hazardous-duty pay.
The General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) cohort for 2023. That means 20 private-sector technology and innovation leaders will start pitching-in at 13 federal agencies.
If the U.S. is to prevail in the world's strategic hot spots, the Defense Department will have to adopt some of the strategies China seems to be using successfully.
The looming debt ceiling will occupy the first order of business for Congress again this week. Yet budget hearings and other regular stuff will also go on.
In today's Federal Newscast: Fort Benning gets renamed. The members of the federal security cloud advisory committee have been made public. The Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee uncovers more dead people got paid COVID cash.
Public employee unions are a fact of life at the federal and most state levels of government, and in many large cities.
A bill from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) would make federal executive branch employees "at-will." You could be fired for any reason, short of a prohibited personnel practice.
More government will lead to taxpayer dollars stolen through fraud. However, it also means more money is needed to combat that fraud.
In today's Federal Newscast: Bad conditions for horses at Arlington National Cemetery lead to a suspension of certain ceremonial processions. Senators urge President Biden to nominate inspectors general at the State and Treasury Departments. And CIA names a new lead to head up its sexual assault prevention and response office.
A recent Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing raised questions of integrity and the so-called revolving door between industry and the Defense Department. The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) was among the witnesses, saying there's too much industrial influence on Pentagon decisions coming from former officers and high-level civilians.
Supply-chain cybersecurity might seem like and abstraction, until you are, say, NASA, and building new ground stations to support the multi-billion-dollar Artemis-to-Mars program.
The Tonopah Test Range is a classified spot in Nevada, operated by the Defense and Energy Departments. It was once the site for nuclear materials testing. Many veterans who worked at Tonopah in later years claim exposure to residual radiation has caused health problems.
In today's Federal Newscast: Republicans have resurrected the effort to make some feds at-will employees, thus easier to fire. DoD's acquisition chief blames continuing resolutions for ammunition shortages for Ukraine. And top Senate lawmakers make the case for a one-stop-shop for federal disaster aid.
Whistleblowers have played a critical role in policy changes at the Veterans Affairs Department over the years, but it comes at a cost for many of them. Some face demotions, workplace hostility, other indignities.