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*** The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, is seeking language in the final fiscal year 2021 defense bill that would invalidate a presidential memorandum from early this year that looked to roll back collective bargaining at the Department of Defense. AFGE, which represents more than 300,000 DOD employees, is also seeking technical corrections to legislation granting paid parental leave to federal employees and an extension to the deadline of the ongoing reorganization of the Defense Health Agency and the military services own health care operations. An Aug. 13 letter released by AFGE outlines its priorities for the conference committee that will hash out the final version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

*** According to government contracting analytics firm Govini, the Department of Defense is facing serious obstacles in efforts to compel its contractors to "reshore" vulnerable elements of its supply chain, rather than rely on overseas production, especially production in China.

*** The General Services Administration says it will complete the migration of Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) reports into the consolidated Systems of Award Management website by Oct. 17. The standalone FPDS website will continue to exist, but minus the reports functionality.