Covid-19
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Budget forecasting from USPTO's financial management office helped the agency adapt and recover from a sharp downturn in revenue at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
September 29, 2020 -
The government's recent track record with huge IDIQ contracts has been spotty at best. Larry Allen says the problems are a sign of the times.
September 29, 2020 -
Do you find yourselves longing for the good old days, or your version of same? Maybe back to a time when candy bars were only a nickel or a dime, or when kids went to school at actual schools?
September 29, 2020 -
How are we going to cope with the second six months of the pandemic?
September 25, 2020 -
If any federal agency was in the spotlight at the beginning of the pandemic, it was the Small Business Administration. While SBA employees, like so many, made the swift move to maximize telework, they were simultaneously tasked with administering a trillion-dollar loan program.
September 24, 2020 -
This week’s update from the Pentagon shows just over half of the military’s worldwide installations are now in the “green” category – meaning servicemembers can move to and from those bases without special permission.
September 24, 2020 -
IGs on the committee continue to send up red flags on COVID-19 spending. SBA's IG office, for example, recently issued management alerts warning of billions of dollars potentially exposed to fraud.
September 24, 2020 -
The Air Force's top acquisition official said reforms that were initiated long before a pandemic was on the horizon went a long way toward dealing with the current emergency.
September 24, 2020 -
While it has been an unimaginable tragedy for many people, for many of us, including feds, it has been survivable so far.
September 24, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro implores agencies and Congress to implement what he called 16 concrete recommendations immediately to significantly improve the nation’s response to the current pandemic.
September 22, 2020 -
Dave Spirk, the new chief data officer at the Department of Defense, joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to talk about leadership and to discuss the new data strategy that will empower every level of the agency to leverage data more effectively. Interview Highlights:
September 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Democratic senators want to remove the National Rifle Association Foundation from the list of approved charities on the Combined Federal Campaign.
September 21, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Booz Allen's Jen Wagner, Aimee George Leary, and Andrea Inserra join host Roger Waldron to discuss the firm's response to Covid-19 and how the company is addressing the needs of diverse clients in today's environment.
September 18, 2020 -
Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said the bureau so far has counted 93% of households in the United States, and expects to reach 95% by the end of the week.
September 18, 2020 -
John Harrison, senior cyber security solutions architect at Criterion joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the cybersecurity challenges that federal IT officials face during the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 14, 2020