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Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase, DOD

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OMB names DoD’s suicide prevention director as chief statistician to lead data goals

The Office of Management and Budget is naming Karin Orvis as its chief statistician, a position that hasn’t had a permanent leader in more than two years.

Big Data

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VA looking into ‘root cause’ of EHR outage that also hit DoD, Coast Guard

IT Modernization

DoD CDO sees leadership shakeup as agency ‘doubling down’ on data goals

Defense

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at NJ Transit Meadowlands Maintenance Complex to promote his

Energy Dept. backs 17 green federal building upgrades as ‘preview’ of future spending

Facilities/Construction

DoD outlines steps to stand up zero trust program office

Defense

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2020 file photo shows a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C. The push to remove Confederate names from Pentagon properties, including storied Army posts, could eventually affect hundreds of items and facilities, the chair of the congressionally chartered Naming Commission said Friday, May 21, 2021. The initial public focus was on Army bases such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which is named for Confederate general Braxton Bragg, and Fort Benning, Georgia, named for Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, who served under Lee. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Defense Department seeking public input for renaming bases that honor Confederate leaders

Federal Newscast

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA earns top marks under FITARA 12 scorecard

Congress

An update on key DoD and VA procurement programs

Off the Shelf

A defense acquisition professor’s advice on DoD innovation

Acquisition

GAO: Cost of cleaning up PFAS chemicals is only going to increase

Federal Newscast

Pentagon easing more COVID-19 restrictions within the building

Federal Newscast

The pandemic has hit one federal group harder than most, children of military service members

It was already difficult being the child of an active duty military member. Long periods of separation, frequent moves, or a parent injury or loss. The…

Defense

DoD top brass worried about supply chain amidst heavy spending, fewer prime contracts

The Department of Defense has been steadily spending more and more dollars with fewer and fewer prime contractors, which has top brass and some members…

Contracts/Awards

Lawmakers want to put defense funds President Trump used for a border wall back

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Trump administration used Defense Department funds to build parts of a border wall. Now Congress wants that money back where it originally put it.