Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Biden Administration Office of Personnel Management gets its first second-in-command. And the Navy has a new top intelligence officer.
In today's Federal Newscast: More than 50 victims handed over millions of dollars to scammers posing as feds. A new bill would try to make it easier to fire federal employees.
The government market is recession proof. But that doesn't mean contractors don't fight tooth-and-nail for federal business. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke about that with the leader at one of the major contractors: CEO of Peraton, Stu Shea.
Jarrod Bruner, Capture Program executive in the Office of the Associate Director for Administration, said the U.S. Marshals Service had a problem with its core mission system bigger and more complex than anything they could fix at once.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, a commission to help agencies prevent and manage wildfires has its official members. And the Army kicked off a huge recompete of its Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation (CHS-6) contract.
In today's Federal Newscast, new proposal from the Department of Education is aiming to expand student loan relief programs for federal workers.
The Justice Department's new National Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab is aimed at public safety and what the agency calls constitutional policing.
In today's Federal Newscast, some Republican lawmakers want to press pause on making remote work permanent.
In today's Federal Newscast, National Guard members on state duty can now unionize, thanks to a new Justice Department agreement.
The Biden administration is telling employers and software vendors to avoid artificial intelligence hiring tools that may screen out employees with disabilities.
In today's Federal Newscast, Can the government safely and equitably use facial recognition for identity proofing? That's the question the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service is asking.
After guilty pleas, settlements, investigations, extra investments, more staff and promises to do better from contractors and the Pentagon, at least one military housing company is still failing to remediate hazards in service members’ homes and inadequately recording complaints made by those troops and their families.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department has charged three Army servicemembers for allegedly having a key role in a criminal network that supplied guns to gang members in Chicago.
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House wants to boost inclusion for transgender people in federal services.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.