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FILE - In this May 6, 2020, photo, United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia. Officials from six states and the District of Columbia are in court Thursday, Sept. 24, to ask a federal judge to halt alleged slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service that they say threaten the upcoming presidential election(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Postal Service reports an uptick in mail volume a few weeks ahead of Election Day, but on-time delivery is also on the rise.

Federal Newscast

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Federal Newscast

How agencies can make the most of oncoming 5G technology

Technology

Creation of federal supply chain council means tougher standards for contractors

Contracting

Rise of 5G drives intelligence community to refine cyber threat information sharing practices

Cybersecurity

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Acquisition Policy

Lacking teeth, GSA creates alliances to spur transition to new telecommunications program

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, a person with a smartphone enters the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The action rolling back the neutrality rules

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Technology

Visitors walk past the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Obituary: Diana Gowen, long-time federal telecom exec

Reporter's Notebook

GSA@70: 32-year GSA telecom veteran marvels at the progress through the years

Acquisition

GSA through the years: Photo gallery

Contracting

New smartphones? Lots of reasons not to bother

Smartphones and other “cool” gadgets may have killed off what came before them, but now they are starting to show their age.

Tom Temin Commentary

Insights from one of texting’s innovators

Terry Hsiao, serial entrepreneur of companies like Hook Mobile and co-developer on projects like the one that helped unify the global texting platform,…

What's Working in Washington

Labor pulls back telecommunications RFP, to rethink strategy after protest

Reporter's Notebook

GAO dismissed Granite’s bid protest of the Labor Department’s solicitation under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract after the agency said it would take corrective action.

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

How agencies can make the most of oncoming 5G technology

Creation of federal supply chain council means tougher standards for contractors

Rise of 5G drives intelligence community to refine cyber threat information sharing practices

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

Lacking teeth, GSA creates alliances to spur transition to new telecommunications program

Investigation finds interagency group lacked authority to oversee Chinese telecom companies

Obituary: Diana Gowen, long-time federal telecom exec

GSA@70: 32-year GSA telecom veteran marvels at the progress through the years

GSA through the years: Photo gallery

New smartphones? Lots of reasons not to bother

Insights from one of texting’s innovators

Labor pulls back telecommunications RFP, to rethink strategy after protest

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