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Air Force needs to clarify its goals for space technology acquisition

A new report from RAND Corporation reviewed two distinct technologies to illustrate ways the Air Force needs to align its goals with expense and risk in…

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New locality-pay adjustments will impact thousands of federal workers

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.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Federal employees can get time off if they have reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

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An update on Global Positioning Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President Thad Allen joins Off the Shelf to discuss the latest developments in the use and protection of Global Positions Systems….

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Threats to critical infrastructure, cyber require partnership with industry

DHS leaders say the public and private sector now more than ever need to work together to protect the country’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems.

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Steve Lewis: Taking fewer wrongs turn with a national address database

If your GPS has ever made you take a wrong turn, you know having a proper address is important. But currently, federal, state, local and private organizations collect that information individually. No national, authorized registry of addresses even exists. That’s why the Transportation Department wants to build it — a single, unified national database of addresses. Steve Lewis is the department’s chief geospatial information officer. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the project.

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