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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rashawn Duffy, 37th Training Wing Detachment 5 military training instructor, presents a coin to an Airman during the basic military training coining ceremony outside of Erwin Manor at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 14, 2020. Nearly 60 Airmen from the 37th TRW Detachment 5 completed the six-week basic military training course. Due to safety concerns stemming from COVID-19, the Air Force sent new recruits to Keesler to demonstrate a proof of concept to generate the force at multiple locations during contingencies. The flight was the first to graduate BMT at Keesler since 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

More than 80% of military installations have eased COVID restrictions

A total of 190 military bases around the globe no longer have travel restrictions.

Defense

On the job life after the pandemic — what’s your next move?

Federal Report

Pentagon declines permit for Rolling Thunder event to use parking lot

Federal Newscast

Navy rethinking plan to cut medical military billets

Navy

OPM offers up details on new emergency paid leave for federal employees

Benefits

How government contractors can survive this difficult time

Commentary

Limits on official travel for federal employees remain in place, even if vaccinated

Workforce

Mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. The Postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics warned were causing widespread delays and could disrupt voting in the November election. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would

The pandemic affected the Postal Service’s finances in both bad and good ways

Agency Oversight

SBA cyber teams, public affairs partner to take on social media scammers

Cybersecurity

A young migrant waits for his turn to take a shower at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has problems with detention centers

Agency Oversight

FILE - This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 file photo shows power lines in Houston. The Biden administration is taking steps to protect the country’s electric system from cyberattacks through a new 100-day initiative combining federal government agencies and private industry. The initiative was announced Tuesday by the Energy Department. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Two agencies launch 100-day effort to improve cyber protections for electrical infrastructure

Federal Newscast

Defense Health Program facing $1.8B budget shortfall for 2021

The grouping of defense agencies are looking inward to make up for the budget gap.

Defense

A health worker collects a nasal swab from a woman for a coronavirus test in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 15, 2021. Thai authorities set up mobile testing units for COVID-19 near a market where a new cluster of over a hundred cases was confirmed over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A new COVID-19 testing plan for federal workers

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say agencies should provide diagnostic COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated federal…

Federal Newscast

COVID-19 successes set new expectations for federal acquisition community

Contracting

Now that the federal customers who rely on the system see speed as the new normal, they won’t be satisfied with a return to the status quo ante.

More than 80% of military installations have eased COVID restrictions

On the job life after the pandemic — what’s your next move?

Pentagon declines permit for Rolling Thunder event to use parking lot

Navy rethinking plan to cut medical military billets

OPM offers up details on new emergency paid leave for federal employees

How government contractors can survive this difficult time

Limits on official travel for federal employees remain in place, even if vaccinated

The pandemic affected the Postal Service’s finances in both bad and good ways

SBA cyber teams, public affairs partner to take on social media scammers

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has problems with detention centers

Two agencies launch 100-day effort to improve cyber protections for electrical infrastructure

Defense Health Program facing $1.8B budget shortfall for 2021

A new COVID-19 testing plan for federal workers

COVID-19 successes set new expectations for federal acquisition community

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