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FILE - This March 27, 2020 file photo shows the signature of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passed in the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint KHN and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

GAO: CARES Act provision keeping contractors afloat during pandemic showed great success

In today’s Federal Newscast, the provision in the CARES Act that lets agencies reimburse contractors who can’t work because of the pandemic was an overwhelming…

Federal Newscast

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA earns top marks under FITARA 12 scorecard

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Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Federal Newscast

GAO

123 service members killed in training vehicle accidents over 10 years, GAO review says

Defense

An update on key DoD and VA procurement programs

Off the Shelf

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

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DLA’s inventory management system opens risky cybersecurity back door

Cybersecurity

Thrift savings plan TSP written on a piggy bank.

Climate change and the TSP… it’s complicated

The agency that manages the Thrift Savings Plan is fielding a growing number of concerns about the financial risks of climate change.

Federal Report

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Working through the pandemic — how great was that!

In the first post-pandemic best places to workings, feds give agencies high marks for handling the crisis.

Federal Report

VHA’s pandemic supply chain demand compounded by longstanding issues

Agency Oversight

Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Shelby Oakley, the director of contracting and national security acquisitions at the Government Accountability Office.

Government Accountability Office

GAO: CARES Act provision keeping contractors afloat during pandemic showed great success

GSA earns top marks under FITARA 12 scorecard

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

123 service members killed in training vehicle accidents over 10 years, GAO review says

An update on key DoD and VA procurement programs

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Service members in remote areas missing out on transition benefits

Recounting how far GAO has come in 100 years

Report raises questions about commanders’ ability to handle legal decisions

GAO focused on upskilling workforce to handle ‘audits of tomorrow’

DLA’s inventory management system opens risky cybersecurity back door

Climate change and the TSP… it’s complicated

Working through the pandemic — how great was that!

VHA’s pandemic supply chain demand compounded by longstanding issues

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