Bill Foster

Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic labor shortages. As spending on infrastructure rises, construction firms will need to hire at least 430,000 new skilled laborers in 2021, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Right now, only 4% of construction laborers in the U.S. are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

In today’s Federal Newscast, most federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors have less than two months to certify that they are meeting…

Federal Newscast

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Agencies look to bring cohesion to digital identity projects

Big Data

FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia. The IRS is delaying tax refunds for millions of low-income families as the agency steps up efforts to combat identity theft and fraud. Starting in 2017, a federal law requires the tax agency to delay refunds until Feb. 15 for people who claim the earned income tax credit and the additional child tax credit. The IRS says processing times will delay most of the refunds until the end of February. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pandemic stimulus underscores agency challenges with identity management

IT Modernization

Rep. Bill Foster warns against international misuse of American scientific research

Technology

Illinois Democratic congressman Bill Foster

NIST budget decrease draws concerns for federal R&D

Federal Drive

Brust, Amelia

Walter Copan, NIST, National Institue of Standards and Technology

Proposed $300M cut to NIST would hit manufacturing, research and facilities

Budget

NIST

Pruitt putting ‘a drag’ on EPA, House Democrats tell agency employees

Management