The State Department’s efforts to green its facilities throughout the world is an all-hands effort. It starts with individuals at the grass roots, works through mid-level implementation groups, all overseen by the quarterly Greening Council chaired by the undersecretary for management.

Thousands of soldiers’ lives in Iraq and Afghanistan were saved because of underwear. Not just any underwear, but a special brand to protect vital areas against improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The ability for the military to get the under garments in the field quickly is a real example of a rapid acquisition process working well.

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When did you start dreaming about your federal job? The Chief Information Officers Council is hoping to inspire teenagers to follow in their footsteps. Literally. The IT Job Shadow program pairs students with federal IT professionals for a day.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation just released a handbook. It helps federal agencies and project applicants navigate two separate but related processes, conducting reviews under the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

No one has been furloughed yet because of sequestration. But agencies are already feeling the impact of those budget cuts. It has changed how border patrol agents, transportation security officers and other federal employees do their jobs.

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This week, the Defense Department migrated its one millionth user into its new enterprise email system. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, the Army expects to completely transition into the cloud service within the next month. Meanwhile, the Navy and Air Force are kicking the tires.

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