US Digital Service

Many of students in this year’s Civic Digital Fellowship program this summer said they were inspired by the impact they had to make a difference on the products and services the American people use every day.

Amid a governmentwide effort to reskill the federal workforce, the Department of Veterans Affairs has taken steps to ensure it has the workforce it needs for a data-centric future.

Brett Goldstein will take the reins sometime this week from founding Defense Digital Service director Chris Lynch.

Eddie Hartwig, the deputy administrator of the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), said the goal is to train 250 contracting officers under the Digital IT Acquisition Professional Program (DITAP).

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it’s ready for MISSION Act implementation by June 6, despite concerns from Congress, the U.S. Digital Service and at least one veterans service organization who have suggested otherwise.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Services Impasses Panel sides mostly with management in a disputed between labor groups and the Health and Human Services Department.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduced two new bills to ensure federal employees don’t lose insurance benefits during future government shutdowns.

In today’s Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.

Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert named Clare Martorana and David Nesting as the agency’s new chief information officer and deputy CIO, respectively.

HUD, USDA CIOs talking IT modernization and cybersecurity among the most listened and read Ask the CIO interviews last year.