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Agencies increasingly turning down FOIA requests

Freedom of Information Act requests are on the rise. Rising faster are instances of federal agencies turning them down.

Open Data/Transparency

The key provisions in this year’s NDAA

Off the Shelf

New official will oversee all IT, cyber issues for Navy, Marine Corps

Defense

GSA extends deadline for USDA Kansas City headquarters

Federal Newscast

In this Jan. 27, 2018, photo, U.S. Army soldiers speak to families in rural Anbar on a reconnaissance patrol near a coalition outpost in western Iraq. A few hundred American troops are stationed at a small outpost near the town of Qaim along Iraq's border with Syria. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremists’ rise remain. (AP Photo/Susannah George)

Pentagon delaying major change to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits

Federal Newscast

Taxpayer Advocate says IRS still struggles with public service

Federal Newscast

Director of GAO’s Defense Capabilities and Management

GAO says DoD is unprepared to defend military bases from wildfires and rising sea levels

Federal Drive

Navy ramping up adoption of new pay and hiring system for cyber employees

Federal Newscast

Fred Kennedy, director of Space Development Agency

New DoD agency would give commercial vendors bigger share of military space activity

Space Development Agency director Fred Kennedy joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to give details about what the new DoD agency will be doing.

Federal Drive

Senators look to revive program to help small businesses work with the Pentagon

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new Senate bill looks to improve the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protégé Program, which expired last year.

Federal Newscast

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks with reporters after testifying on the FY2019 USDA budget request April 11, 2018, on Capitol Hill.

USDA narrows down choices for relocation of two bureaus

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, USDA reveals where the agency is looking to relocate the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Agencies increasingly turning down FOIA requests

Innovation at DoD

DoD CDO explains how to handle change in the aftermath of a crisis

AFGE renews legal effort to secure hazard pay for frontline feds

The key provisions in this year’s NDAA

New official will oversee all IT, cyber issues for Navy, Marine Corps

GSA extends deadline for USDA Kansas City headquarters

Pentagon delaying major change to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits

Taxpayer Advocate says IRS still struggles with public service

GAO says DoD is unprepared to defend military bases from wildfires and rising sea levels

Navy ramping up adoption of new pay and hiring system for cyber employees

New DoD agency would give commercial vendors bigger share of military space activity

Senators look to revive program to help small businesses work with the Pentagon

USDA narrows down choices for relocation of two bureaus

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