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Workforce

Some recent decisions in federal court could mean trouble for SBA's minority business efforts

"Agencies will need to become tighter around how they put these programs together and how they administer them," said Kendra Perkins Norwood.

Federal Report

Like it or not, your ugly federal office building beckons

Cybersecurity

DoT aims to layer cybersecurity into infrastructure grants process

People

Meet the new head of the Federal Highway Administration

Agency Oversight

Why railroads avoid a federal safety incident reporting system

Federal Insights

Unleashing the power of data

Technology

A federally funded lab comes up with a potential solution to safe use of drones in the national air space

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Reporter's Notebook

New CISOs come on board at VA, Transportation

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Contracting

Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time high

FILE - In this March 11, 2019, file photo, wreckage is piled at the crash scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Airlines’ former chief engineer Yonas Yeshanew, who is seeking asylum in the U.S., says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into maintenance records on a Boeing 737 Max jet after it crashed this year, a breach he contends was part of a pattern of corruption that included routinely signing off on shoddy repairs. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Agency Oversight

After Boeing 737 Max crashes, GAO looked at European standards for plane certifications

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Workforce

Return-to-office plans a major cause for decline in 2021 Best Places to Work results

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)

Workforce

Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

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People

Norman Mineta, transportation secretary in 9/11 era, dies

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Reporter's Notebook

Innovation in federal agencies is hard, but possible with these tips

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Search for Accountability

Transportation Department Inspector General Eric Soskin

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Congress

That omnibus bill maybe should be called the omni-train, gravy train

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People

FAA head resigns after effort to rebuild agency's reputation

Federal Report

Working from home, do you actually dress after your shower?

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016, file photo, a sign welcomes visitors at the entrance to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. Seven suspended men's soccer players at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy will face campus disciplinary hearings over allegations of sexual misconduct, coercion and hazing, according to a federal lawyer. Newsday reported on July 22, 2017, that Assistant U.S. Attorney James H. Knapp said the students were sexually abusive toward a freshman player on the team bus in September 2-17, and they squirted water or urine plus covered several people with food, (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)

Defense

The Merchant Marine Academy confronts an urgent need to modernize itself

FILE - This image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service shows the website for HealthCare.gov. Government figures out Friday, Dec. 18 show sign-ups for “Obamacare” health insurance plans are trending more than 6% higher amid surging coronavirus cases and deepening economic misery. (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service via AP)

Federal Newscast

GSA relinquishes control of the 'dot-gov' domain to CISA

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Federal Newscast

Number of feds who telework regularly went up in 2020 but not as much as expected

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, beachgoers keep an eye on the seals swimming at Coast Guard Beach in North Eastham, Mass. Stephen Leatherman, a coastal scientist and professor at Florida International University, has been drafting a list of the best beaches in the U.S. under the alias "Dr. Beach" since 1991. This year he has named Coast Guard Beach the 10th-best beach in the country. (Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times via AP)

Defense

How the Merchant Marine Academy can get past the sexual assault problem at sea and everywhere else

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Big Data

CDO Council sees administration’s equity goals increase demand for data

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