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FAR Council finalizes more stringent procurement rules under Buy American Act

Earlier this month, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council, the FAR Council, finalized new, more stringent rules for U.S. content in what agencies buy.

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA wants to cast wider net for federal building architects

Facilities/Construction

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Energy Department looks to build cyber threat detection platform for electric grid

Cybersecurity

Now that the infrastructure bill has passed, the Senate turns its attention to the NDAA

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Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn

Congress, you might say, is running out of runway

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House leadership wants to get on with a final appropriation agreement for fiscal 2022

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FILE - In this March 4, 2021, a bird flies near the U.S. Capitol dome at sunrise in Washington. The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to flipping the House in the 2022 midterm elections says it raised more than $105 million this year through September 2021. The record haul marks a 74% increase over last cycle and includes $25.8 million raised in the third quarter of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Checking in on the year-end checklist, and it’s not pretty

Federal Report

Noise from Capitol Hill is starting to sound like a broken record

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Several Transportation Department agencies back to work this morning following a brief shutdown

Congress

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Janet Yellen

For Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week

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The federal employee vaccination mandate has launched fresh arguments in Congress

Congress

September is looking downright nutty

The Senate returns to Capitol Hill this week with a mountain of work, and less than three weeks to prevent a government shutdown.

Federal Report

You can add Afghanistan to the list of things pushing Congress towards a continuing resolution

September promises to be something of a mess on Capitol Hill. Federal agencies and contractors are already figuring Congress won’t pass 2022 appropriations…

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Afghanistan situation has turned up the burner on an already boiling Congress

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Members of Congress include fewer veterans than in past decades, but the ones now in office have been vocal about the situation in Afghanistan.