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This Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo shows a packet of donated blood at The American Red Cross donation center in Scranton, Pa. On Friday, March 13, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that if you don’t have health insurance and can’t afford to take a $3,200 test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, donate blood because screeners must test donors for the virus. “We do a whole range of testing on blood donations as required by the FDA, but screening or testing for coronavirus is not happening,” said Kate Fry, chief executive officer of America’s Blood Centers, a North American network of nonprofit blood centers. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Health and Human Services launches a drive for your blood, but in a good way

The pandemic has depressed blood and plasma donations to what the Health and Human Services Department is calling historic lows.

Management

Sen. Rubio hammers continued TSP investment in China

Federal Newscast

Air Force will no longer shoot down Facebook foes

Federal Newscast

FILE - People attend Juneteenth celebrations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on June 19, 2021. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

Workforce

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

DHS disinformation board’s work, plans remain a mystery

Workforce

What the Census Bureau actually bought with a $657M PR campaign

Workforce

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, The Facebook app is shown on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla. Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) under a draft law released Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Postal Service leadership reminds employees to follow online rules

Federal Newscast

Pentagon issues rules aimed at stopping rise of extremism

Defense

FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter is giving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a 12-hour timeout, saying some of her tweets violated its policy against coronavirus misinformation. Twitter suspended the Republican from Georgia on Monday, July 19, 2021, after President Joe Biden urged tech companies to take stronger action against bogus claims he said are “killing people.” Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets and challenged millions of accounts worldwide. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Agencies get advice on securing their social media accounts

Federal Newscast

FILE - A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Agency Oversight

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)

Centers of Excellence help DHS combat bio threats, domestic terrorism

Technology

Border Patrol agent E. Flores shows the shower section during a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families and will increase the Border Patrol's capacity to process migrant families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new report finds senior leaders at Customs and Border Protection could have done more to address inappropriate and offensive…

Federal Newscast

How tweets poison a leader from the get-go

OMB nominee Neera Tanden learns the hard way how being anti on social media can come back to bite.

Federal Report

Congresswoman wants security clearance applicants to submit social media activity

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, one member of Congress wants the Defense Department to start looking at social media posts as part of the security clearance process.