Biden administration

DoD looking into what happens if the most important briefcase in the world goes missing

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department Inspector General is undergoing an evaluation to find out how the Pentagon would respond if the “nuclear…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 19, 2019, file photo cargo containers are stacked on a ship at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles. The market for small businesses cooled for the third straight quarter. That report comes from BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small companies that counted 2,444 transactions reported by business brokers from April through June, down 9.6% from 2,705 in the second quarter of last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

Congress

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Contracting

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Eliminating the Price Reduction Clause is an opportunity to increase competition

Commentary

FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Biden administration launches new website to combat ransomware

Federal Newscast

Biden’s Census nominee promises independence, transparency

People

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

How agencies are tackling Biden’s new diversity and inclusion order

Workforce

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2015 file photo, Dr. Rahul Gupta, state health officer of West Virginia, talks in his office in Charleston, W.Va. President Joe Biden is nominating West Virginia’s former health commissioner as the nation’s top anti-drug official, tapping an official who served on the frontlines of the nation’s opioid epidemic. The White House says Dr. Rahul Gupta will be the first physician to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also known as the “drug czar.” (AP Photo/John Raby)

Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar

People

Sammies finalist recognized for handling GSA’s presidential transition from Trump to Biden

People

This May 25, 2021 photo shows a U.S. Passport cover in Washington. The Biden administration says American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. (AP Photo/Eileen Putman)

US citizens can now self-select their gender on their passports

Federal Newscast

OMB memo tells agencies to back up future budget requests with evidence

Agency Oversight

USPS ‘put its thumb on the scale’ awarding delivery vehicle contract, vendor tells court

Workhorse alleged the USPS vehicle award recipient submitted a prototype vehicle “entirely different” than the one selected for production, and that…

Contracts/Awards

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

Lawmakers in the U.S. House plan to vote this week on a more than $500 billion water and transportation package.

Congress

Biden creates sweeping diversity and inclusion initiative through new executive order

Workforce

The executive order, which President Joe Biden signed Friday, addresses everything from unpaid federal internships and pay equity for members of underserved communities to diversity and inclusion training and gender-neutral pronouns.

Biden administration

DoD looking into what happens if the most important briefcase in the world goes missing

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Eliminating the Price Reduction Clause is an opportunity to increase competition

Biden administration launches new website to combat ransomware

Biden’s Census nominee promises independence, transparency

How agencies are tackling Biden’s new diversity and inclusion order

Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar

Sammies finalist recognized for handling GSA’s presidential transition from Trump to Biden

US citizens can now self-select their gender on their passports

OMB memo tells agencies to back up future budget requests with evidence

USPS ‘put its thumb on the scale’ awarding delivery vehicle contract, vendor tells court

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

Biden creates sweeping diversity and inclusion initiative through new executive order

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