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The action plan from the Biden administration for the infrastructure bill seeks to ensure projects across the nation get done on time and on budget.
In today's Federal Newscast: Boasting a 91% success rate, the IRS rakes in $31 billion dollars from tax cheats. A new director has been named at the NIH to run NCATS. And a House committee moves to help VA employees concerned about the mishmash of state abortion laws.
Features of two emerging governmentwide acquisition contracts demonstrate small but important innovation.
Figures from the Government Accountability Office show a 12% drop in the number of contracting protests in fiscal '22 relative to the year before, protests are down 40% Since 2018.
The Veterans Health Administration has been working a deal with Uber the ride service to help rural veterans get to their appointments.
Digital services and modernization are pillars of the Biden administration's management agenda. These efforts don't just matter to federal agencies, though, business is thoroughly behind efforts to streamline government services.
Veterans currently experience long wait times for pain management treatment. Allowing nurse anesthesiologists to treat them would speed the process up.
In today's Federal Newscast: The world continues to have fewer TSP millionaires. AFGE continues to grow. And VA health care embraces toxic exposure screenings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband is recovering. But the attack at the Pelosi home in San Francisco has Congress rattled once again about security.
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee made up of inspectors general recently launched a group of dashboards to help people see which agencies got how much money and where it went.
In today's Federal Newscast: GAO warns the Coast Guard that it's way behind improving safety aboard older commercial fishing vessels. DoD employees who drive electric vehicles will have an easier time charging their vehicles in 2023. And veteran homelessness dropped 11% in 2022, according to the VA.
No one knows what the F-35 aircraft can do in a war, say, over Taiwan. One thing we do know is the fifth-generation fighter, now something like 20 years in development, has economic significance. Something like $72 billion F-35 dollars is spread throughout the U.S. economy every year. For more details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Kevin Michaels, the managing director of AeroDymanic Advisory.
They're operating under a continuing resolution, but agency information technology staffs are working hard on modernizing.
Registered nurses working for the Veterans Health Administration in Las Vegas recently got a 12% raise. This after promising to hold a big rally. That got management to sit down with the Title 38 employees. For the details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with Linda Ward-Smith, president of Local 1224 of the American Federation of Government Employees.