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FILE - In this March 29, 2021 file photo, a worker readies syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Metairie, La. Moderna plans to expand the size of its study in younger children to better detect rare side effects. The company said Monday, July 26, 2021 it is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration to enroll more patients in its study of the vaccine in children under 12 years old and younger. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Possible vaccine mandate for federal employees raises host of tricky questions, attorneys say

Federal employees may soon face a new vaccine mandate, or at least stricter requirements from the Biden administration. Guidance on the legality of vaccine…

Workforce

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

Contracting

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The story of how one small business is barely hanging on to its hopes of winning a spot on NITAAC’s CIO-SP4

Reporter's Notebook

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Just how well do agencies alert contractors to their fiscal year buying plans?

Contracting

Frustrations over NITAAC’s $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC boiling over

Contracts/Awards

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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DHS’s Correa to retire after 40 years in government

People

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Industry calling on NITAAC to reassess CIO-SP4 solicitation, push back due date for bids

Contracts/Awards

Bidders are scratching their heads over developments in a major NIH acquisition program

Technology

Contractors are also trying to sort out that return-to-work guidance from the White House

Contracting

White House’s FY22 budget request reveals details for federal contractors

Budget

Contracting community asks Congress for more tech funding — again

Federal Newscast

Contractors design strategies for dealing with the latest executive order on cybersecurity

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Contracting

That $15 wage proposal for federal contractors, will it help or hurt?

For some contractors a $15-an-hour minimum wage is a moot issue. For others, it would have a lot of implications for profits and competitiveness.

Pay

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, said a devastating hack of federal agencies is “likely Russian in origin” and said the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FBI expanding footprint in Huntsville as part of multi-year realignment strategy

Facilities/Construction

The FBI is building several new facilities at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, which will eventually accommodate at least 3,400 employees.

Professional Services Council

Possible vaccine mandate for federal employees raises host of tricky questions, attorneys say

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

The story of how one small business is barely hanging on to its hopes of winning a spot on NITAAC’s CIO-SP4

Just how well do agencies alert contractors to their fiscal year buying plans?

Frustrations over NITAAC’s $50B CIO-SP4 GWAC boiling over

DHS’s Correa to retire after 40 years in government

Industry calling on NITAAC to reassess CIO-SP4 solicitation, push back due date for bids

Bidders are scratching their heads over developments in a major NIH acquisition program

Contractors are also trying to sort out that return-to-work guidance from the White House

White House’s FY22 budget request reveals details for federal contractors

Contracting community asks Congress for more tech funding — again

Contractors design strategies for dealing with the latest executive order on cybersecurity

That $15 wage proposal for federal contractors, will it help or hurt?

FBI expanding footprint in Huntsville as part of multi-year realignment strategy

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