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Technology Modernization Fund board reviewing just under 100 proposals

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
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Agency Oversight

Congress makes government overlap, duplication problems worse, senator says

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Reporter's Notebook

Federal CIO Martorana: $1B TMF lets agencies ‘apply for projects that previously were out of their reach’

Maggie Hassan
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Reporter's Notebook

Sen. Hassan’s technical fix of MGT Act is a major step to overhaul latest IT modernization challenges

Shalanda Young testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Management

OMB nominees pledge to break down federal hiring barriers

Michael Horowitz
Federal Newscast

Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture

Mater, the Rottweiler, wearing AR goggles. (Photo courtesy Army Research Office)
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DoD Reporter's Notebook

Army's push for augmented reality goggles might extend to dogs, too

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Federal Newscast

You may soon be able to process your fingerprints at your local post office

Maggie Hassan
Reporter's Notebook

Common themes among 5 agency IT modernization plans

Rob Portman
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Reporter's Notebook

More lawmakers getting on IT modernization bandwagon as House prepares 10th FITARA scorecard

FILE - In this Spet. 18, 2019, file photo, the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. A Trump administration proposal to roll back environmental reviews for big projects is drawing heavy objections from African American and Latino communities.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Federal Newscast

EPA inspector general takes close look at reopening plans

Rick Scott
Federal Newscast

A new proposal to dissolve some federal agencies

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Federal Newscast

IRS discontinuing incentive payments for employees who go into office

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Reporter's Notebook

Federal CIO Kent sees a bigger opening to push for IT modernization

Chuck Grassley
Federal Newscast

Senator holds up Trump nominations until he gets answers on fired IG's

Bobby Jucker
Federal Newscast

OPM is eliminating dozens of occupational series deemed unnecessary