Federal Drive
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In today's Federal Newscast: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) puts a hold on President Biden's pick for VA deputy secretary. It looks like the Space Force will become the first military service with its own personnel system. And the TSA gears up to land new tech employees in top positions.
July 19, 2023 -
Thanks to that extensive survey by the Government Accountability Office, we know just how empty federal offices really are. None of them is more than half full. That fact has depressed the market for certain commodities a lot of vendors counted on each year as a kind of annuity.
July 18, 2023 -
It's one thing to want new infrastructure, but it's another thing to get a project through a nearly impenetrable thicket of federal, state and local environmental rules, not to mention the almost inevitable lawsuits.
July 18, 2023 -
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution. PPBE has been the way of the Pentagon since the 1960s. Nobody is thrilled with it, but it persists. The latest set of recommendations for reforming Pentagon acquisition comes in a letter signed by a dozen contractors and venture capital outfits.
July 18, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: USAID has put a policy in place to limit telework. Congress moves to reduce employment barriers for military spouses when a service member receives relocation orders. And the intelligence community gets new hiring incentives.
July 18, 2023 -
Customs and Border Protection is adding more criminal investigators to its Office of Professional Responsibility, the office in charge of investigating serious misconduct allegations by CBP staff. The office also reviews use of force and critical incidents like in-custody deaths.
July 17, 2023 -
An extended hold on military promotions by a Republican Senator is distorting talks over the National Defense Authorization Act.
July 17, 2023 -
Registered nurses at the VA's Cincinnati Medical Center recently staged a public protest — an "informational picket" — over what they say is a new and unsafe practice. They say veterans will become collateral damage and they put their own nurses licenses at risk.
July 17, 2023