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Cybersecurity

Major buying agency plans to centralize application security

GSA plans to centralize its application security program amid a broader push to ensure the government only relies on secure software.

Contracting

FAR Council updates whistleblower protection, small business rules

Acquisition Policy

Agencies to get more than a dozen new cyber acquisition regs in the coming years

Contracting

Why 2023 is shaping up to be a rough ride for federal contractors

Commentary

How to build and maintain sustainability in government contracting

Commentary

Biden administration’s climate science focus and what it means for the public sector

Federal Newscast

Biden administration wants to get women closer in pay parity with men

Lloyd Austin

Federal Newscast

Army leaders will soon know more about discharging soldiers who refuse vaccine

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Federal Newscast

A new law will help schools battle cybersecurity risks

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Workforce

Feds miss work due to vaccine side effects can file for compensation

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2015 file photo, a U.S. service member salutes her fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony for six Airmen killed in a suicide attack, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. ter 20 years America is ending its “forever” war in Afghanistan. There’s conflicting views even among U. S. military minds as to whether the time is right. For others there is another lingering question: Was it worth it? (Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Federal Newscast

Increase in military suicide rates continues troubling trend

In this June 15, 2020, photo, The Voice of America building in Washington. Michael Pack, the head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of its main networks and moving to defund one of the federal government's top democracy promotion initiatives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Newscast

Dozens of VOA reporters calling for director to resign

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Federal Newscast

FAR Council to implement new rule regarding reverse auctions

In this Aug. 27, 2019, photo, an employee works on the production line of a smart electricity meter manufacturing plant in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province. Two surveys of Chinese manufacturing show demand is weak amid a mounting tariff war with Washington over trade and technology. (Chinatopix via AP)

Tom Temin Commentary

This federal rulemaking missed the mark

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Acquisition Policy

Second supply chain risk management rule drops putting agencies, vendors on notice

Alaa Hijazi, Jerry Connolly, Don Beyer

Federal Newscast

Virginia Congressmen want more telework flexibilities regardless of pandemic

The DoD Budget Brief is held at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2020. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

Federal Newscast

White House removes DoD comptroller nominee who raised Ukraine defense aid concerns

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, Lauren Woehr pours bottled water into her 16-month-old daughter Caroline's cup at their home in Horsham, Pa. In Horsham and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal Newscast

Defense OIG to investigate Pentagon's use of PFAS chemicals

Donald Trump

Federal Newscast

Senator calls for investigation into White House reprimanding NWS forecasters

Pfc. Michael Roberts and Pvt. Nicholas Brown, cavalry scouts for Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment navigate rough eastern Washington terrain on foot while conducting dismounted zone reconnaissance training at the Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Wash., June 25, 2019. The training is part of a large-scale exercise known as eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), which focuses on improving individual and team skillsets, decision making, equipment familiarization, and deployment readiness. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Lena, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Federal Newscast

Army to increase maximum re-enlistment bonus

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Commentary

Section 889 meets Section 846: Challenges remain but so do opportunities

Donald Trump

Federal Newscast

DoD IG wants to make sure Pentagon is buying American

A woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Huawei's global sales rose by double digits in the first half of this year despite being placed on a U.S. security blacklist. The Chinese tech giant's chairman said Washington's campaign against the company has 'galvanized our people.'(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Acquisition Policy

Two deadlines for agencies, vendors to stop using Chinese telecom products quickly approaching