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The Defense Logistics Agency is in charge of moving $40 billion worth of goods around the world per year, but when COVID hit and supply chains started moving in fits and starts, the organization had to start changing to get goods delivered on time. Rear Adm. Doug Norton, director of logistics operations for DLA, said DLA worked closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to find ways to deliver quickly in emergency situations.
October 20, 2021 -
Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications
October 18, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the delta variant of COVID-19 is pushing back return-to-work timelines for some federal employees.
October 11, 2021 -
Recently released stats show OPM received 7,589 new retirement claims last month, compared to 8,976 new claims received in August.
October 11, 2021 -
Kyle Michl, the chief innovation officer at Accenture Federal Services, offers insight into common trends that emerged during the pandemic.
October 11, 2021 -
The past 18 months have thrown a wrench in many of the military’s plans, but the supply chain is one that has taken a particularly hard hit. Army Materiel Command had a handful of backups that caused issues for the supply chain during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
October 06, 2021 -
Next year's premium rate increases under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) are on the modest side, at least compared to recent years. But the pandemic continues to make the business of predicting future trends difficult, to say the least.
October 04, 2021 -
When the COVID pandemic hit, many predicted that premiums in the giant federal employee health benefits program would skyrocket.
September 30, 2021 -
Some troops could get as much as a 20% hike. The benefits would last from Oct. 1 to the end of the year.
September 27, 2021 -
USDA wants to catch potential COVID-19 and other zoonotically originating diseases by keeping on top of animals susceptible to them.
September 27, 2021 -
The pandemic created big challenges for the nation’s immigration courts, which are used to doing business in person. Inconsistent policies and a lack of stakeholder engagement made things more difficult than they needed to be.
September 22, 2021 -
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service sees an opportunity to modernize the way it does business, after spending much of the COVID-19 pandemic getting stimulus payments out to the public.
September 20, 2021 -
VA has a model for staffing. But the VA Office of Inspector General finds the model somehow fails to translate into a clear picture of staffing requirements.
September 16, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a major contract from the Pentagon to purchase more doses of one of the only proven treatments of COVID-19.
September 16, 2021 -
As federal pandemic response lumbers along, the lessons learned are piling up.
September 15, 2021