Federal Newscast
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Next year's $770 billion defense authorization act, includes a raise
The Defense Authorization Bill has been signed....we'll tell you about a few changes. Still on the Pentagon's Circumspect List: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And in COVID news, more sailors test positive, while 66 more marines are fired.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
POTUS places order with radiation-hardened microelectronics companies
Lawmakers call for a report on the effect of CMMC on small businesses. A company is now accountable for the mice, mold, and lead paint in military housing. And more medical military troops are on their way to help American hospitals battle COVID. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
VA practitioners reporting higher levels of burnout due to pandemic
In today's Federal Newscast, more employees at the Veterans Health Administration say they experienced burnout in 2021 compared to previous years.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New federal website going up for those looking for COVID-19 tests
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration will roll out a new federal website in response to the omicron variant.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IG: VA may have to use its data better to make sure resources are going to where they're needed
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors for the Department of Veterans Affairs say the data Veterans Affairs is using to measure its capacity to provide specialty health care might not be accurate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Servicemembers who lose their job during deployment get some more help in their corner
In today's Federal Newscast, servicemembers facing job loss after returning from deployment will see a renewed focus from two of their most staunch defenders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Senators want to know if federal contractors are actually complying E-Verify rule
In today's Federal Newscast, three senior Republican Senators are calling on the Government Accountability Office to look into whether federal contractors are using the e-verify tool for employees. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As NDAA is on its way to becoming law, here are some details on what's in it
In today's Federal Newscast, the 2022 NDAA is on its way to becoming law, we've got some details on what it contains.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
"Hack DHS" program to become permanent fixture at agency
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security is making its bug bounty pilot a permanent program. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Most federal employees are now in the continuous evaluation system, but how do you gauge if its working or not?
In today's Federal Newscast, continuous evaluation is a new reality for most security clearance holders, but an audit say agencies need some way to measure its success.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New Executive Order aims to improve agencies' customer service
In today's Federal Newscast, President Joe Biden will sign an executive order aimed at saving Americans time and frustration when seeking a broad array of federal services.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Agencies get advice on securing their social media accounts
In today's Federal Newscast, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has new guidance for how to secure agencies' Twitter, Instagram and other social media accounts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
CISA on the hunt...this time for artists to decorate its new headquarters
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is looking for artists to spruce up a new headquarters for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
No more two-year probationary period for new Pentagon employees
In today's Federal Newscast, the two-year probationary is on its way out for civilian employees at the Defense Department.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
USAID putting new money towards making sure developing countries have enough COVID-19 vaccines
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Agency for International Development is ramping up efforts to make COVID-19 vaccines available worldwide.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IG: Pentagon may not really know how big a problem extremism in the military is
In today's Federal Newscast, the military has some big blind spots when it comes to figuring out how big a problem it has with extremism in the ranks.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New contracting goals for small disadvantaged businesses
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have new contracting goals for awards to small disadvantaged businesses.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pentagon looking into whether vendors are dropping out due to vaccine requirement
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is starting to gather data on whether the vaccination mandate for federal contractors is chasing away potential vendorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Senator wants to know what agencies are doing to protect employees' cell phone
In today's Federal Newscast, Sen. Wyden wants to know what a handful of agencies are doing to deploy countermeasures and protect employees and critical facilities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IG: Water quality and mold may be issues when employees return to federal buildings
In today's Federal Newscast, you can add water issues at federal properties to the list of unforeseen consequences from the lockdown.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal government lacking expertise in AI and cybersecurity, GAO reports
CISA is taking new steps to make your email even safer. The Defense Department is looking to expand private in-home childcare. And the Defense Intelligence Agency just inked a massive IT contract. Those stories and much more... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pentagon creating new group to investigate UFO's
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is creating a new office that will look into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Deadline set for contractors to pay $15/hour wage
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department released the final rule yesterday to implement President Joe Biden's April executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contracts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
OPM: Use up that extra COVID leave while you can
In today's Federal Newscast, The Office of Personnel Management is reminding federal employees, they might have some extra annual leave due to expire soon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
White House and Congress both seem to agree lower ranking troops need more money, but how much?
In today's Federal Newscast, he White House says it supports the idea of a “basic needs allowance” for low-income military members, but wants more time to decide how much.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chief Data Officers Council gets suggestions on where it should go next
In today's Federal Newscast, the CDO Council received nearly 60 sets of comments in response to a request for information it issued a month ago.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pentagon inches closer to clean financial audit
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Defense is still years away from being able to pass a financial audit. But this year’s results show some glimmers of progress.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Now that the infrastructure bill has passed, the Senate turns its attention to the NDAA
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense authorization bill has been stalled amid infrastructure and reconciliation talks, but the must-pass legislation could see some movement soon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
One state's National Guard says it won't be complying with federal vaccine mandate
In today's Federal Newscast, the Oklahoma National Guard has decided to defy DoD’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
VA researching possible link to veterans' rare cancers and exposure to toxins
The DoD IG reports on a huge shortage of Military prosecutors trained to handle sexual assault cases. A federal district court denies a second group of federal employees a chance to quickly block the vaccine mandate. And the IRS is looking to audit more millionaires.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
VA Secretary explains why agency will never be the same after COVID-19
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it's a different agency today because of the pandemic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Could we soon see hybrid electric tanks? Pentagon says maybe
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon is charging up a plan to electrify some of its vehicles.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Biden admin. looking to axe another policy from the previous one
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has proposed rescinding a Trump era rule.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Legal challenge to vaccine mandate fast-tracked in court
A federal appeals court is fast-tracking a legal challenge to the president's vaccine mandate for large, private employers. Hundreds of millions of dollars are headed toward IT modernization. The Secretary of State has named two top diplomats to lead efforts to deal with Havana Syndrome.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Senators hope to help Pentagon prepare for effects of climate change on bases
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is increasingly concerned about sea-level rise and its effect on military bases. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Another Congressional push to get feds back in the office faster
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Senate Republicans is joining in the calls for federal employees to return their offices. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
State Dept. says it's back to sending passports out at pre-pandemic levels
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department says it can now get passports out to customers in a matter of weeks.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
GAO: Trump admin. order to reduce regulations didn't make much of a dent
In today's Federal Newscast, former President Donald Trump’s executive order directing agencies to repeal two old regulations for every new one added didn’t make much of an impact on agency rulemaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
GAO: Trump admin. order to reduce regulations didn't make much of a dent
In today's Federal Newscast, former President Donald Trump’s executive order directing agencies to repeal two old regulations for every new one added didn’t make much of an impact on agency rulemaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Some more insight on how agencies will handle religious excepts to vaccine mandate
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration offered up a few more details on how it might handle employee requests for a religious exception to the vaccine mandateSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Just how many vaccine exemptions has the military given out?
In today's Federal Newscast, we get a look at just how many COVID-19 vaccine exemptions the military is allowing.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
GOP members of Congress have lingering questions about federal vaccine mandate
In today's Federal Newscast, top Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have more questions about the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for federal employees.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New features to help modernize the Thrift Savings Plan
In today's Federal Newscast, the TSP is rolling out some new services for participants next summer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Customs and Border Protection punished dozens of employees for social media posts
In today's Federal Newscast, new documents from the House Oversight and Reform Committee show the extent of how CBP handled employee misconduct.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal contractors will need to decide which of their employees are exempt from vaccine mandate
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration says federal contractors should decide how they'll grant accommodations to their own employees.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pentagon trying to stay ahead of issues from climate change
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is continuing to prepare for climate change related problems.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse the COVID-19 vaccine
In today's Federal Newscast, The Pentagon is spelling out what will happen to civilian employees who do not want to get vaccinated.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Congressman worried TSA may lose workers because of vaccine mandate
In today's Federal Newscast, one House Republican is worried the Transportation Security Administration will lose a good portion of its workforce over the Biden administration's vaccine mandate.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
While the Pentagon is doing more business with small companies, the list of candidates is shrinking
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department has spent more of its contracting budget on small businesses in recent years, but those dollars are going to a shrinking pool of companies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ongoing feud between SSA OIG and FLEOA continues
In today's Federal Newscast, the spat between the Social Security Administration's inspector general office and a federal employee group continues.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.