Agriculture Department
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It’s a hidden crisis that's existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic
November 15, 2021 -
Chief data officers are relatively new additions to most agencies, but the Biden administration sees them as an essential part of some of its top priorities.
October 15, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the delta variant of COVID-19 is pushing back return-to-work timelines for some federal employees.
October 11, 2021 -
No one quite knows how Farmers.gov is working because USDA hasn’t followed its own rules for documenting progress on IT programs.
October 06, 2021 -
USDA wants to catch potential COVID-19 and other zoonotically originating diseases by keeping on top of animals susceptible to them.
September 27, 2021 -
The Agriculture Department created a new interagency working group to manage its cloud efforts, while GSA is preparing to launch a new marketplace.
September 20, 2021 -
USDA plays a little-recognized role in managing the nation’s dams and Sherry Hunt is a supervisory research engineer who’s led the Agricultural Research Service work on this topic.
September 15, 2021 -
The Agriculture Department is investing $300 million to build an early warning system against the next pandemic.
August 26, 2021 -
As the House sets new deadlines to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by the end of September, here are several provisions that might impact federal employees and their agencies.
August 24, 2021 -
Federal scientists invent a possible new way to disinfect surfaces, without the harmful side effectsBut what if you could create a chemical that killed bacteria, but neutralized itself into harmless natural molecules after it did its job? USDA is trying to do just that.
August 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, military bases are beginning to restrict travel again as coronavirus rates are on the rise.
August 19, 2021 -
About 3,500 federal firefighters at the Interior Department and 11,300 others at the Agriculture Department's Forest Service will see pay raises to meet a $15 an hour threshold. Federal employees should see the raises in their paychecks starting next week, both departments said.
August 18, 2021 -
As detailed as solicitations and procurement rules might be, protests are a regular part of the federal contracting scene. Joseph Petrillo, attorney at the law firm Smith Pachter McWhorter, provided some analysis on the topic.
August 05, 2021 -
Farah Ahmad, chief of staff for Rural Development at USDA, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more about the guide and program.
July 29, 2021 -
Some military families may not be eligible for SNAP because of the housing allowance they receive.
July 28, 2021