systemic racism

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2020 file photo shows a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C. The push to remove Confederate names from Pentagon properties, including storied Army posts, could eventually affect hundreds of items and facilities, the chair of the congressionally chartered Naming Commission said Friday, May 21, 2021. The initial public focus was on Army bases such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which is named for Confederate general Braxton Bragg, and Fort Benning, Georgia, named for Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, who served under Lee. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

DoD reveals name-change recommendations for 9 Army bases

In today’s Federal Newscast: DoD reveals the name-change recommendations for nine Army bases. AFGE says that inmate sex incidents are creating stress-induced…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

They have their plans, can federal agencies follow through on equity?

Federal Report

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

One of the nation’s top public health officials is calling it a career

Federal Newscast

FEMA employees listen to President Joe Biden talk at FEMA headquarters, Monday, May 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New study finds FEMA disaster aid boosts entrepreneurship, increases racial disparities

Agency Oversight

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In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Biden creates sweeping diversity and inclusion initiative through new executive order

Workforce

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Senate confirms Ahuja as first permanent OPM director in more than a year

People

Dr. Gary Gibbons and Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Sammies, NIH

NIH doctors earn Sammies finalist honors for addressing higher COVID-19 rates among minorities

People

NIH looks to address structural racism in biomedical science field

Federal Newscast

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$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

Federal Newscast

Elevated State Dept. chief diversity officer looks to move needle on decades-long challenges

Hiring/Retention

DOJ could start looking closer at cybersecurity fraud on government technology providers

In today’s Federal Newscast, officials at the Justice Department are sending a warning to government contractors, they will be turning up the False Claims…

Federal Newscast

TSA looking to hire thousands of new airport screeners

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Transportation Security Administration is launching a national recruitment campaign to fill jobs by this summer.

Federal Newscast

Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief

Defense

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