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FILE - The Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, on June 5, 2015. The Department of Homeland Security says the U.S. faces a

Homeland Security is finally off the dime with regulations on sensitive information

It only took six years, but now the Homeland Security Department has new regulations covering how contractors must handle CUI, controlled, unclassified…

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How agencies can be more agile in the rules-driven business of rule-making

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Guess what costs $200 billion and requires 131 million hours?

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(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)FILE  - In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, the Kingston Fossil Plant stands near a waterway in Kingston, Tenn. The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday, Oct. 16, 2020.  In 2008, the six-story-tall dike on a massive coal ash pond at the Tennessee plant collapsed, releasing more than a billion gallons of coal ash into the Swan Pond community. It remains the largest industrial spill in modern U.S. history and prompted the 2015 regulations that were intended to increase oversight of the industry. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Measuring the Trump administration’s goal of decreasing agency regulations

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White House touts savings from deregulatory actions

In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House said its regulatory reform efforts saved $23 billion in fiscal 2018.

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Air ForceMaster Sgt. Joe Ray, a weapons loader assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, salutes as Capt. Justin Kreischer, an 180th FW F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, prepares to take off for a training sortie at Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary. Approximately 150 Airmen and eight F-16 fighter jets from the 180th FW traveled to the air base to participate in Load Diffuser 17, a two-week Hungarian-led multinational exercise focused on enhancing interoperability capabilities and skills among NATO allied and European partner air forces by conducting joint operations and air defenses to maintain joint readiness, while also bolstering relationships within the U.S. Air National Guard’s State Partnership Program initiatives. Ohio became state partners with Hungary in 1993. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker.)

New report recommends executive order to deal with DoD supply chain vulnerabilities

The report identifies five macro forces that influence 10 risk archetypes, each of which represents a threat to the stability and security of the defense…

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes part in a joint aerial drills called Vigilant Ace between U.S and South Korea, at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The five-day drill is meant to improve the allies' wartime capabilities and preparedness, South Korea's defense ministry said. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

Air Force continues slashing red tape, starts workforce survey

The Air Force is one year into its plan for cutting instructions for airmen and making remaining instructions easier to understand.

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