Defense Production Act

DoD calls for whole-of-government effort to improve critical supply chains

DoD conducted a 100-day review of its critical supply chains at the request of the White House.

Defense

(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Lawmakers ask FEMA how to avoid future communication breakdowns during disasters

Management

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DPA will help Biden lead a more federal-centric response to COVID

Contracting

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. For the second time in 2020, an independent federal review released on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, has faulted the U.S. Department of Defense for how it has responded when children on military bases sexually assault each other. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon transitioning its COVID-19 acquisition task force to permanent office

Defense

Air Force

Gearing up for great power competition also helped the Air Force prepare for COVID-19

On DoD

FILE- In this April 23, 2020, file photo a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is shown in San Antonio. Compounding the hardships of coronavirus, some nursing homes have demanded that low-income residents turn over their $1,200 economic stimulus checks. On Tuesday, June 9, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Health and Human Services inspector general's office to issue a warning to nursing homes and assisted living facilities that such practices are “improper and unlawful.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

PRAC details how it plans to monitor coronavirus stimulus funds

Federal Newscast

Army

Audit finds multibillion DoD health care maintenance backlog jeopardizes safety

DoD Reporter's Notebook

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, photograph, monitors check their screens in the Governor's Office of Information Technology in downtown Denver. Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might actually be encouraging hackers. “We don’t know what that ransom payment is going to fund,” said Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the office. “As a state government, we don’t want to be in a position of funding cyberterrorists.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Federal Newscast

Pentagon says it needs billions to repay contractors for employee leave

Defense

VA doesn’t have the personal protective equipment it needs to handle second pandemic wave

Veterans Affairs

Democratic Party of Hawaii staff tabulate presidential primary ballots in Honolulu on Friday, May 22, 2020. The Democratic Party of Hawaii is scheduled Saturday to release the results of its party-run presidential primary which was delayed by more than a month due the coronavirus pandemic. The party expected most members to vote by mail and some to cast ballots at about 20 in-person polling sites. But concerns about the virus forced the party to cancel in-person voting and allow only mail ballots. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

USPS lays out suggestions on vote-by-mail services for local governments

Federal Newscast

In this April 16, 2020, photo Sonia Munoz, left, custody assistant, gets her temperature taken at the hospital ward of the Twin Towers jail in Los Angeles. Across the country first responders who've fallen ill from COVID-19, recovered have begun the harrowing experience of returning to jobs that put them back on the front lines of America's fight against the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

NTEU lays out standards for calling federal employees back to offices

In today’s Federal Newscast, as agencies are developing their plans to reopen offices, the National Treasury Employees Union releases its own conditions.

Federal Newscast

An airline passenger walks by the vacant TSA checkin at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Romulus, Mich. The COVID-19 coronavirus has considerably slowed air travel. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Congressional Democrats trying to secure hazard pay for frontline federal workers

In today’s Federal Newscast, House Democrats are eyeing hazard pay for frontline federal employees for the next emergency coronavirus package.

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument are visible as a lone woman runs along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington. The nation's capital, like most of the nation itself, is largely shuttered. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congress trying to figure out operating in midst of coronavirus pandemic

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Senate looks to shore up its cyber defenses, and House leaders are weighing the options to have members cast votes away from Captol Hill.

Defense Production Act

DoD calls for whole-of-government effort to improve critical supply chains

Lawmakers ask FEMA how to avoid future communication breakdowns during disasters

DPA will help Biden lead a more federal-centric response to COVID

Pentagon transitioning its COVID-19 acquisition task force to permanent office

Gearing up for great power competition also helped the Air Force prepare for COVID-19

PRAC details how it plans to monitor coronavirus stimulus funds

Audit finds multibillion DoD health care maintenance backlog jeopardizes safety

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Pentagon says it needs billions to repay contractors for employee leave

VA doesn’t have the personal protective equipment it needs to handle second pandemic wave

USPS lays out suggestions on vote-by-mail services for local governments

NTEU lays out standards for calling federal employees back to offices

Congressional Democrats trying to secure hazard pay for frontline federal workers

Congress trying to figure out operating in midst of coronavirus pandemic

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