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Biden admin on the hunt for a new Chief Statistician

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget seeks a Chief Statistician to the Biden administration’s data priorities forward.

Federal Newscast

Border Patrol union looking to challenge the president’s vaccine mandate may have hit a dead end

Federal Newscast

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

Federal Newscast

Afghans wait for hours to try to withdraw money, in front of Kabul Bank, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Some federal employees still stuck in Afghanistan

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE - In this June 8, 2013 file photo, Chris Inglis, then deputy director of the National Security Agency testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Inglis is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Cyber Director: Bureau of Cyber Statistics needed to understand threat landscape

Cybersecurity

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on manufacturing and buying American-made products at UAW Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

Acquisition Policy

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The White House isn’t kidding when it tells companies to button up against ransomware

Cybersecurity

President Joe Biden speaks about infrastructure negotiations, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House issues new marching orders to improve agencies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies have new direction from the Biden administration to improve diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility within…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021 file photo, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Hice, a Tea Party favorite and Trump acolyte, is the first major challenger to Brad Raffensperger since the secretary of state incensed the president by certifying President Joe Biden’s narrow victory in Georgia and disputing Trump’s false allegations of fraud.(Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Some members of Congress are skeptical about White House’s plans to bring feds back to the office

In today’s Federal Newscast, two of the top Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee say the administration’s reopening plans for federal…

Federal Newscast

White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

Artificial Intelligence

Under the 2020 National AI Initiative Act, the task force will look at how to expand access to AI education and other critical resources. The task force includes members from NIST, the Energy Department and top universities.

White House

Biden admin on the hunt for a new Chief Statistician

Border Patrol union looking to challenge the president’s vaccine mandate may have hit a dead end

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

Some federal employees still stuck in Afghanistan

National Cyber Director: Bureau of Cyber Statistics needed to understand threat landscape

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

Agencies are told to consider environmental justice in policy decisions

Federal cyber leaders to meet with president today to talk ransomware

The White House isn’t kidding when it tells companies to button up against ransomware

White House issues new marching orders to improve agencies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

Some members of Congress are skeptical about White House’s plans to bring feds back to the office

White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

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