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Only a couple of shipyards in the United States can build Navy ships. Hundreds of small shipyards, though, build important pieces of the country's at-home infrastructure: barges, ferries, tugboats.
A new report from the General Services Administration's Inspector General didn't have many nice things to say about its Multiple Award Schedule’s Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has a hankering to hold Secretary of State Blinken in contempt of Congress. Ground forces: check. But GAO said the readiness of U.S. sea forces has declined. And HUD employee attrition blamed on a dearth of telework opportunities.
With cameras whirring, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders will meet with President Biden tomorrow.
Although the Postal Service did the requisite environmental impact statement, it wasn't good enough for stakeholders.
Finalists for Service to America Medals, known as the Sammies. It's a signature program of the Partnership for Public Service.
In today's Federal Newscast: The latest federal hiring strategy to get the interest of younger applicants. Military service members have a new avenue to seek mental health support. And all 27 Sammies finalists were unveiled today.
Camp Ripley is a 53,000-acre civilian and military training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard. Keeping it up and maintaining it is no trivial matter.
The Selective Service System collects names on behalf of a place few Americans choose to work. Yet the Selective Service itself ranked in the top 10 of best places to work among small agencies in the latest list.
Guidance from the White House a couple of weeks ago seeks to get more federal employees back to their offices.
In today's Federal Newscast: More federal employees could see their student loans forgiven under a newly introduced bill. The Defense Department CIO said zero trust could have stopped the classified-document leaks by the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman. And an industry group suggests President Biden's proposed greenhouse-gas-reporting regulation, could leave contractors gasping for air.
Agree or disagree, book arguing against public employee unions is worth a read
While federal agencies search endlessly to hire people skilled in cybersecurity, local government might have a different way. How about enlisting volunteers to help protect critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. That's the idea behind a detailed set of recommendations from the law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
Federal retirement tends to stand like a three-legged stool: the FERS annuity, the Thrift Savings Plan and Social Security. But a fourth leg could make for an even sturdier retirement. Good old fashioned Savings Bonds are another instrument federal employees can invest in for their personal savings.