Coast Guard

The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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This federal construction project has dragged on through four administrations

The Homeland Security Department’s headquarters project might be one of the longest running construction programs in government history. Planning started…

Facilities/Construction

Staff Sgt. Galen Peterson, left, an ammunition NCO with Distribution Management Center, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with his son Spc. Justin Peterson, a Religious Affairs Specialist with 94th Military Police Battalion, in front of 19th ESC headquarters on Camp Henry. After growing up as an Army brat, Spc. Peterson enlisted in the Army in 2018 and now father and son are both stationed in Korea. (Capt. Cortland Henderson)

The armed services are drowning in ink

Defense

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Cyber security IT engineer working on protecting network against cyberattack from hackers on internet. Secure access for online privacy and personal data protection. Hands typing on keyboard and PCB

Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

Federal Newscast

Feds suspect espionage by former Coast Guardsman, spouse who lived under stolen identities

Defense

A smaller scale replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial statue stands near the parade ground at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Parris Island, S.C. The threat of rising seas is encroaching upon one of America's most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Marine Corps hits its retention goals for the first time in a decade

Federal Newscast

Sen. Rubio hammers continued TSP investment in China

Federal Newscast

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Lawmakers flag concerns with payment delays, cost overruns for Coast Guard’s new financial system

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, postal workers load their mail delivery vehicles at the Panorama city post office in Los Angeles. The Nov. 3 election will test California's commitment to voting by mail as the nation's most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people to cast ballots from the safety of their mailboxes during a pandemic. If it doesn't work, the state could see long lines and frustrated voters on Election Day compounded by coronavirus protocols that will make voting in person slower in a year expected to draw a big turnout. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Postal workers reminded they cannot profit from speeches, articles or books about official duties

Federal Newscast

At the conclusion of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 141st Commencement Exercises Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in New London, Conn., the cadets have now become ensigns. Vice President Kamala Harris in the commencement speech Wednesday at the academy, reflected on the state of the world in which long-standing rules and norms are more frequently coming under attack, noting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)

The Coast Guard Academy’s current class looks a lot different than traditional ones

People

Coast Guard upping recruiting effort as military feels pinch in talent pool

Defense

OPM’s top official identifies telework dearth as a cause of ship jumping

Federal Newscast

FILE - Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter, according to a federal watchdog. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Customs and Border Protection has a new job position designed to smooth ruffled feathers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sometimes faces distrust, even antagonism, among citizens and non-citizens officers encounter. To help ease this problem,…

Defense

FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, July 2, 2021, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Coast Guard cyber expert says ransomware attack on federal agency is more than likely

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Coast Guard’s Cyber Red and Blue Team Branch chief says that a ransomware attack is probably coming to a federal agency soon.

Federal Newscast

Commerce BIS, Coast Guard closing in on infrastructure modernization wins

Reporter's Notebook

Here are three news items you may have missed from the recent Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference sponsored by ACT-IAC in Cambridge, Md.