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Contract spending reached 5-year high in 2020

In today’s Federal Newscast, new analysis from Bloomberg Government found agencies spent almost 700 billion dollars on procurement last year.

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FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon has endorsed a new slate of initiatives to expand diversity within the ranks and reduce prejudice, including in recruiting, retention and professional development across the force. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon memo maps out plan to expand diversity in the force

Defense

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‘We have a way to go and a lot to do,’ FEMA administrator says of culture improvement efforts

Workforce

(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

FEMA calls workplace harassment and discrimination findings ‘alarming’ and ‘unacceptable’

Workforce

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Airmen deployed to Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, raise their right hands during an enlistment ceremony as they transferred into the Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Space Force now has a squadron of 20 members stationed at the Qatari base in its first foreign deployment. The force represents the sixth branch of the U.S. military and the first new military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon IG plans to investigate how DoD handles diversity, inclusion issues

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