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Bureau of Land Management shrinks proposed size of controversial Idaho wind farm project

A Bureau of Land Management preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink the size by nearly half.

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The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states

The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over controversial social media posts.

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The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases

The Supreme Court has stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud.

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DoT driving IT modernization to meet enterprise, local needs

Cordell Schachter, the Transportation Department CIO, said the agency’s DevSecOps capabilities are maturing as part of its digital transformation effort.

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State Department making sure change is more than just a name

Kelly Fletcher, the State Department’s CIO, said the newly named Bureau of Diplomatic Technology is aligning cybersecurity and customer experience.

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Federal Executive Forum Data Center & Cloud Optimization Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024

Learn from top government and industry experts how agencies are innovating with data centers and cloud technology.

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Federal Executive Forum Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024

How are AI/ML strategies evolving to meet tomorrow’s mission?

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Federal Executive Forum Chief Data Officers Profiles in Excellence in Government 2024: Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Trends

What strategies and technology are driving data strategy in government?

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Federal Executive Forum Artificial Intelligence Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024

How are agencies refining their AI strategy?

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Federal Executive Forum Customer Experience Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024

Improving customer experience (CX) is a multi-faceted challenge to tackle as needs vary between stakeholders. How are agencies profiling a successful strategy and what is the vision for the future? During this webinar, you will…

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Federal Executive Forum Defense and Homeland Cloud Computing in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024

How are DoD and DHS profiling a successful cloud computing strategy and what is the vision for the future?

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GSA’s FAS streamlining federal procurement by updating GSA Advantage, improving UX, reducing PALT

GSA's Federal Acquisition Service is on the front lines of federal procurement, making the processes easier for acquisition professionals, agencies and vendors.

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State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes

State wants teams of procurement specialists who not only know the contracting process, but also have deep insights into their respective markets.

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OMB’s new memo details new requirements for buying AI technology

The Office of Management and Budget told agencies in a new memo to proactively manage AI risks, promote a competitive market and manage business processes.

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DoD ‘fine tunes’ final CMMC program rule, industry turns attention to implementation

The Pentagon made some key tweaks to the final CMMC program rule. Several program watchers said the changes should help simplify a complex compliance program.

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Some governmentwide plans the GSA is cooking up

"We've got customers who expect things from us, whether it's tenants in buildings or agency partners who were looking to buy things," said Robin Carnahan.

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Veterans sue US Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to get access to infertility treatments

New lawsuits claim that the U.S. Defense Department and the Department of Veteran Affairs are making it difficult and sometimes impossible for veterans to get infertility treatments. Multiple lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in New York and Boston seeking to hold the United States accountable for creating obstacles to health care access for a population that advocates say has a higher rate of infertility than the population at large. The lawsuits seek to obtain in vitro fertilization coverage for military service members and veterans who don't fit the Veterans Affairs definition of infertility as pertaining solely to married, heterosexual couples.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin resumes duty after undergoing procedure at Walter Reed

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has undergone a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power. He is continuing to deal with bladder issues that arose in December following his treatment for prostate cancer. The Pentagon says the procedure Friday was successful, elective and minimally invasive, “is not related to his cancer diagnosis and has had no effect on his excellent cancer prognosis.” Austin has returned home, and the Pentagon says no changes in his official schedule are anticipated, including his participation in Memorial Day events.

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Change Healthcare to start notifying customers who had data exposed in cyberattack

Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack. The company also said Thursday that it expects to begin notifying individuals or patients in late July. Change Healthcare is a subsidiary of health care giant UnitedHealth Group. It provides technology used to submit and process billions of insurance claims a year. Hackers gained access in February to its system and unleashed a ransomware attack that encrypted and froze large parts of it.

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Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency

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National Guard deploys for new emergency: Teacher shortages

Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in to fill a shortage of teachers in schools

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Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method

Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality

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Meet Dale Haney, the White House groundskeeper for 50 years

Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies. As of this month, Haney has tended the lawns and gardens of the White House for 50 years. But he may be better known for taking care of the president's pets. Lately, he's often seen with Commander, President Joe Biden's dog. Haney started at the White House in 1972, and said he planned to work there for just two years. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, surprised Haney on Monday by planting an elm tree on the south grounds to honor Haney.

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Edge computing enables NOAA to push workloads closer to public consumers, not just field researchers

Frank Indiviglio, NOAA’s deputy director for High Performance Computing & Communications (HPCC), said conversations are happening about how NOAA can containerize its climate models in order to push the models themselves out to the public to understand, build upon and tweak.

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Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril

A months long Federal News Network investigation found the Navy’s new electronic procurement system is facing similar challenges as previous failed efforts.

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Short-term funding delays Army investments, stalls key space programs

A six-month CR would delay $8.2 billion worth of investments for the Army, limit the Air Force’s ability to fund increases in military pay accounts.

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Does banking fairness come at a fair price to consumers?

John Berlau, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses the Fair Access Rule by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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NSA, CISA call on software developers, suppliers to improve open source software management practices

New guidance from lead cybersecurity agencies and industry partners provides both individual developers and large companies with software supply chain security best practices

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Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March

Congress has sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.

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Biden to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero as FDIC chair after abrupt departure of predecessor

President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The announcement from the White House Thursday came after Gruenberg’s tenure became marred by allegations of workplace abuse that led to him to resign. Goldsmith Romero is currently a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the nation’s financial derivatives regulator. Gruenberg last month said he would resign from the FDIC after an independent report by a law firm found incidents of stalking, harassment, homophobia and other violations of employment regulations, based on more than 500 complaints from employees.

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Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies at 89

Former Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma has died. He was 89. The family says in a statement that the Republican had a stroke during the July Fourth holiday.

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The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the ‘unsubscribe’ button

In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button.

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Fiscal Service using death data to reduce improper payments

Tim Gribben, the commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, said the bureau refined and reframed its progress statement for the first time since 2018.

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What does the FAS mean by ‘leverage the collective buying power of the federal government?’

GSA does not have authority to craft FSS policy and contract terms consistent with the key characteristics of leveraging collective buying power.

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AI emerging as a not-so-secret business development weapon for government contractors

New benchmarking report details how companies are — or could be — using AI to strengthen proposals, fill pipelines and generate revenue.

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Tea with the Taliban to coffee at Waffle House: The importance of veterans in defending American democracy

Virtually every city or town, no matter the size, has existing local programs where veterans can make a difference.

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Bridgebuilders – How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems

FEDtalk host Jason Briefel, a non-attorney partner and Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., sits down with Kettle and Eggers to discuss how the government agencies can break free from organizational boxes and rigid, top-down leadership to enact meaningful change.

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For federal hiring, Commerce centers on creativity, personal connections

A key part of the Department of Commerce’s federal hiring strategy is communicating with job candidates to form personalized, “high-touch” connections.

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Trump team vulnerable to cyber threats by not signing transition memos, experts warn

Transition experts say cooperating with GSA is critical to ensure the Trump administration has the cybersecurity resources necessary to protect sensitive data.

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Trump still forgoing ‘critical’ agreements for transition planning

Officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said this year’s transition planning efforts will be “about as different as possible” from 2016.

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Servicemember comes full-circle: Serving our nation as an Army sergeant, VA training specialist on the Digital GI Bill

Together, we can make sure that as veterans transition to civilian life, it opens doors to new opportunities and ways to thrive. 

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Federal court ruling brings 9-year Secret Service overtime lawsuit closer to its end

Attorneys representing Secret Service agents in a 9-year overtime lawsuit say there may be "light at the end of this tunnel," following a recent court ruling.

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USPS delivers millions of mail-in ballots, resumes normal operations in hurricane-struck states

In the first three weeks of October, USPS delivered 97.8% of mail-in ballots on time within its one-to-five-day standard for first-class delivery.

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