National Science Foundation
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it now has the capability to make its charge processing and records system fully digital.
February 22, 2019 -
The National Science Foundation is looking for concrete, technological ideas through the Career Compass Challenge that it could pilot broad reskilling effort across the federal workforce. But NSF also sees the challenge as a potential spark for culture change.
February 21, 2019 -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday expanding his administration’s efforts to foster research and development of artificial intelligence tools.
February 11, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has also answered additional questions about the status of federal employee probationary periods, career ladder promotions and other human resources questions after the government shutdown.
February 08, 2019 -
While agency IT officials recognize the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and OPEN Government Data Act present opportunities to get more value out of their data, they also see challenges in preparing the workforce to manage all that data.
February 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department's Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year's mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
December 07, 2018 -
The National Science Foundation is looking to build a “market” for technology aimed at lowering the barriers for federal employees today to get the jobs of the future.
December 06, 2018 -
The White House’s task force on artificial intelligence expects to release this spring an updated version of the AI research and development (R&D) plan the Obama administration launched two years ago.
December 05, 2018 -
GSA’s Rob Coen took on a new role as OASIS program manager, while HUD’s Chad Cowan is the new acting assistant secretary for administration.
November 05, 2018 -
Faced with several long-term inspector general vacancies at key agencies, the number-two official of the IG community says the Trump administration has begun vetting candidates to fill those watchdog jobs.
September 21, 2018 -
NSF will use robotics process automation to improve its intergovernmental transactions, while Interior will apply bots to improve its electronic invoice processing.
July 17, 2018 -
Safeguarding intellectual property remains a principal mission of the federal government.
May 04, 2018 -
NSF is accepting public feedback on its new rule to limit grant funding to institutions failing to thoroughly investigate sexual harassment until May 4.
April 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new policy from the National Science Foundation will require grant recipients to report the findings of any sexual harassment investigation against a researcher.
March 05, 2018 -
Dorothy Aronson, the chief information officer of the NSF, said a new user interface for its grants application system will come online in April.
February 16, 2018