Covid-19
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As public sector organizations review remote work progress to date, most are planning for sustained telework — how to evolve virtual infrastructure to keep employees safe, productive, and connected regardless of location. COVID-19 swiftly eliminated…
October 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights by removing him after he raised concerns about Pruitt's excessive spending and mismanagement.
October 22, 2020 -
Census Bureau officials have compressed the 2020 deadline to deliver apportionment data to Congress and the president by the end of the year, but haven’t committed to meeting that deadline if the accuracy of the data isn’t sufficient.
October 21, 2020 -
Some challenges from the pandemic require new solutions. The pandemic has also come with its own unique workload for GAO.
October 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the inspector general plans to begin a probe this month, looking into whether DoD’s CARES Act spending complied with the law.
October 21, 2020 -
Agencies and their contractors are starting to ask: What exactly is the future of federal work? SAIC surveyed people across government to get a feel for what they're thinking.
October 20, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army is embedding nutritionists, physical fitness experts and coaches into active duty brigades in hopes of increasing performance and cutting down on injuries.
October 20, 2020 -
The State Department created an intra-agency team to reimagine many of its business and administrative processes now that the initial urgency of the pandemic has passed.
October 20, 2020 -
Congress has not finished debating what to do about another stimulus bill for pandemic response.
October 19, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two House Democrats are introducing their own legislation that would give retirees a higher cost-of-living adjustment next year.
October 19, 2020 -
The rush to mandatory telework in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic laid bare the state of agencies’ investment — or lack thereof — in IT infrastructure. That same lesson holds true for agency…
October 19, 2020 -
According to the study, under normal conditions on a commercial jetliner, it would take several consecutive days onboard an aircraft for one COVID-infected passenger to infect another.
October 19, 2020 -
The Naval Research Lab used nanostructures to help discover how the coronavirus binds to and infects human cells. Now the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences used the structures to run tests on cells.
October 16, 2020 -
You may be working harder, but at least you're probably spending less.
October 16, 2020 -
This week on Leaders and Legends, Ghada Ijam, CIO of the Federal Reserve System, joins host Aileen Black to discuss the role technology played in the agency's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 15, 2020