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A medical worker, left, tests a man for COVID-19 in a set up for rapid new coronavirus testing in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 disease and the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

In today’s Federal Newscast, a report by the MITRE Corporation found 16 key concerns with the quality and accuracy of data available to the PRAC.

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USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Technology

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

Federal Newscast

How to go RoboCop on those robocalls

Of Consuming Interest

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, a person with a smartphone enters the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The action rolling back the neutrality rules

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Technology

In this March 5, 2020, photo, a Royal Mail employee wears gloves as he hold parcels and the signature handheld as he delivers in London. While white collar workers trying to avoid contagion can work from home or call in sick if they experience symptoms of the new virus, such precautions are not an options for the millions of waiters, delivery workers, cashiers, ride-hailing drivers, museum attendants and countless others who routinely come into contact with the public. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Lawsuit filed against SSA for refusing electronic signatures

Federal Newscast

Pentagon releases last of four solicitations to test 5G technologies

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More telework means more strain on internet and phone systems

Technology

TSA inches closer to putting officers on general schedule despite veto threat

In today’s Federal Newscast, members of Congress are taking different approaches to make sure agency telework policies remain unhindered.

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. Esper said Tuesday he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and in bolstering U.S. defense efforts in the Middle East more broadly. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Defense employee unions on Trump administration radar

In today’s Federal Newscast, after a delay, the White House publishes a memo allowing the defense secretary to to exclude civilian employees from current…

Federal Newscast

Precinct captain Carl Voss, of Des Moines, Iowa, holds his iPhone that shows the Iowa Democratic Party's caucus reporting app icon Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Ban on Chinese equipment puts rural wireless carriers in tight spot

Technology

Wireless carriers are worried about the government ban on Chinese equipment but encouraged over recent FCC and Congressional action.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

How to go RoboCop on those robocalls

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Lawsuit filed against SSA for refusing electronic signatures

Pentagon releases last of four solicitations to test 5G technologies

More telework means more strain on internet and phone systems

TSA inches closer to putting officers on general schedule despite veto threat

Defense employee unions on Trump administration radar

Ban on Chinese equipment puts rural wireless carriers in tight spot

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