NASA

• Two new innovation challenges emerge in DoD, as the competition trend continues to rise

  Innovation challenges are becoming a popular way for the military to bring in new ideas.

  Defense

  August 12, 2022
• IG says ‘inconsistent’ Pentagon policy on active shooters could make things worse

  Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Navy and the state of Hawaii join forces to clean-up the military's mess in Paradise.

  Federal Newscast

  August 12, 2022
• Commerce, NASA leaning on the Evidence Act to push common priorities

  It’s been three years since the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act became law and agencies are using it to plan their 2024 budget requests.

  Ask the CIO

  August 11, 2022
• NASA gets the gold trophy again for Best Places to Work, but it hasn’t always been that way

  After NASA shut down its 30-year shuttle program, the agency started to make “small, but not easy,” changes to boost workforce satisfaction.

  Federal Report

  August 08, 2022
• The Veterans Affairs employee union helps torpedo a plan to even think about rearranging VA facilities.

  AFGE helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA's proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. First Executive President of AFGE's national VA council Mary Jane Burke explained why they opposed the plan.

  Veterans Affairs

  July 29, 2022
• What’s next on the Hill, now that the House has passed the Defense authorization bill

  In a bit of progress for regular order, the House last week managed to pass its version of the National Defense Authorization Act. And, members will get down to the 2023 spending bills this week.

  Congress

  July 18, 2022
• Bezos’ legal team protests federal contracts like no other

  When it comes to federal contracts, Amazon seems to follow a simple three-word formula: protest, protest protest.

  Contracting

  July 13, 2022
• Return-to-office plans a major cause for decline in 2021 Best Places to Work results

  Employee engagement and satisfaction dropped by 4.5 points in the Partnership for Public Service’s 2021 “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” rankings.

  Workforce

  July 13, 2022
• How will your agency fare in the ‘Best Places to Work’ rankings?

  Agencies may see some changes in this year's rankings for the "Best Places to Work" in the federal government

  Federal Report

  July 11, 2022
• Zero Trust Cyber Exchange: NASA’s Mike Witt, Christine Gex on intersection of RPA, cybersecurity

  “Automation is the future. There’s just too many things happening on our network every day for the human analysts to go through, to analyze what’s happening,” says Mike Witt, NASA’s cybersecurity leader, during the Zero Trust Cyber Exchange.

  Cybersecurity

  June 24, 2022
• A NASA trailblazer finds herself on a new trajectory

  Holly Ridings, the first female chief of NASA's flight directors, will now lead the agency's Gateway program and international partnership to establish humanity's first space station around the moon.

  Space Operations

  June 23, 2022
• NASA executive discusses his approach to leadership

  Robert Gibbs, associate administrator for the Mission Support Directorate at NASA, joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss his career and his approach to leadership.

  Leaders and Legends

  June 21, 2022
• Agencies advised to think ahead when working PMA goals into strategic plans

  Agencies are expected to incorporate President's Management Agenda initiatives into their multi-year strategic planning, some of which, including the Commerce Department, had an easier time doing thanks to early insights from the Office of Management and Budget.

  Management

  June 20, 2022
• Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

  Today marked the second time the United States took a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth. Federal agencies commemorated the day on social media.

  Workforce

  June 20, 2022