Over a decade ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs launched an ambitious project to build the world’s largest collection of health and genetic data – the idea being it would be an invaluable tool for…
November 30, 2023
On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: VA’s million veterans program, now has a million veterans. We’ll explain what it is. An industry perspective on CISA’s latest plan to get more software…
November 30, 2023
NASA is taking a page from big time TV streaming services as it revamps its multimedia offerings. This month, the agency relaunched its longstanding NASA TV service, which is now called “NASA plus.” There is…
November 29, 2023
For Thrift Savings Plan investors, 2023 showed some positive signs. The year also brought some changes to the “I” Fund. For more, Federal News Network’s workforce reporter and co-host of the podcast Fed Life, Drew…
November 29, 2023
The Coast Guard is one of the smallest military services — but it has a big mission. According to the Government Accountability Office, it is still struggling to meet that mission because of longstanding challenges…
November 29, 2023
On today’s episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Coast Guard still faces a lot of obstacles to meeting its missions, from acquisition to personnel challenges. TSP end-of-the-year review of your investment decisions. NASA…
November 29, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service is putting its multi-billion-dollar modernization fund to good use by restoring training for its employees and replacing one of its oldest legacy IT systems, according to the head of the agency.…
November 29, 2023
The Defense Department should not just focus on short-term success for its Replicator program, which aims to scale small, cheap drones. Instead, DoD will need to replicate this initiative to ensure longer-term success to bridge the department’s…
November 29, 2023
The White House executive order on artificial intelligence gathered into one place all the concerns and cautions floating around for years. How to protect privacy in training data. How to avoid algorithmic bias. For more…
November 28, 2023
Talk about joint service. A member of the Space Force has become the first guardian to receive a service medal from the Coast Guard. The guardian spent three weeks aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy…
November 28, 2023
The federal government’s made huge progress in reducing security clearance processing times over the last several years. But there are some early signs of backsliding. As Federal News Network reported last week, the latest data…
November 28, 2023
On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Average security-clearance-completion speed, hits a speed bump. Why was a Space Force guardian aboard a Coast Guard Arctic cutter? Turn the White House order on…
November 28, 2023