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The Space Hour

You may see one more star up in the night sky soon, only this one will be man-made

George Mason University will be the site of the recently approved Landolt NASA Space Mission.

Commentary

Three key steps for Homeland Security’s new AI Board

Congress

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Commentary

Congress should protect competition, save Section 876

People

A progress report on a sitting Congressman who is back in college

Contracting

How DoD's own budget process keeps the military on the wrong side of the 'valley of death'

Defense

Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Commentary

Why Congress should reauthorize, strengthen the SBIR program

DoD budget, Navy
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Commentary

OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

Jerry McGinn, George Mason University
Federal News Network
Defense

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

Kiran Ahuja
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Hiring/Retention

OPM pitches public service: 'This is the moment to come into the federal government'

FILE- In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass. A new report by a global media consortium that expands the known target list of the Israeli hacker-for-hire firm NSO Group’s military-grade spyware provoked alarm Monday, July 19, 2021, among human rights and press freedom activists. They decried the near-complete absence of regulation of commercial surveillance tools. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Cybersecurity

When it come to defending against Chinese cyber espionage, agencies are a step behind

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Federal Insights

Current crises call for effective management. Here’s how agencies can cultivate that

RPA
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Automation

University, vendor teaming up on robotic process automation to help with low-value tasks

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)
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Contracting

Biden administration expected to ramp up use of Defense Production Act in response to COVID

FILE - This Feb. 5, 2018, file photo shows the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. The Senate on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, narrowly confirmed the nomination of Christopher Waller for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, placing another of President Donald Trump’s picks on the Fed’s influential board after a string of high-profile rejections. The vote in favor of Waller’s appointment was 48-47. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Budget

Filling the Federal Reserve Board

Jerry McGinn, George Mason University
Federal News Network
Federal Drive

Congress may be turning against recently confirmed CMO role for DoD

Government contract concept on missing puzzle
Federal Insights

Insight by George Mason University GMU’s Dr. Jerry McGinn: Happy warrior for contracting and acquisition learning

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Federal Insights

Insight by George Mason University National security threats abound, but the biggest might be the way government works

Jerry McGinn, the executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Contracting

New government contracting center aims to fill independent research, education void

FILE- In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo an Amazon logo is seen on the side of an Amazon Treasure Truck in Los Angeles. Amazon on Tuesday, Nov. 13, said it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York and Arlington, Va. In addition, the online retailer said it will open an operations hub in Nashville, creating 5,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
What's Working in Washington

What Amazon’s HQ2 really means for Virginia

Terry Clower
What's Working in Washington

Can the DC region still attract the best workers?

Anup Ghosh
What's Working in Washington

Invincea founder's road to success based on problem-solving

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