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Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Better Data Collection Plans for LGBTQI+ Community
After decades of demanding better data, the LGBTQI+ community will see more accurate and actionable representation in federal surveys, thanks to the new Evidence Agenda.
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GAO Pegs Unemployment Insurance Fraud Tally at More Than $60 billion
At the same time, the congressional watchdog cautioned that governmentwide fraud estimates are potentially dicey.
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Space Development Agency Satellite Network Gets Name Change
Its mission will not change, however.
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FAA Attributes Ground-stop Glitch to Contractor Error
The agency said there is no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent behind last week's system outage.
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OPM Guidance Lays Out Vision for ‘Exceptional’ Internship Programs at Agencies
Agencies should expand the number of interns they hire each year, among other things.
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'Taxpayer Advocate' pushes for IRS to make its own free, direct e-file system
A new report calls the current e-file program, a collaboration between private tax prep companies and the IRS, greatly underutilized and advises the agency to develop a new system.
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NIST Needs Lawyers to Help Administer $50B in CHIPS Act Funds
The agency is charged with issuing grants and loans, in addition to setting up new research institutes, and needs up to $10 million in legal advice.
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OPM Official Accused of Using N-Word, Sexual Harassment During His Tenure at Defense
OPM said it is reviewing the inspector general’s report.
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Tech Gig Workers Love the Flexibility, Report Finds
As the government looks to fill tech positions, it could consider offering some of the benefits that workers like about freelancing, such as flexibility and remote work.
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Former Oversight Chair: Republicans Just Want to ‘Investigate and Destroy’
Former Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., decried the direction of her former committee and Republican priorities in the new Congress.
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DARPA Wants a Plan to Stave Off Unknown Food Crises
Under the new Foundational Security for Food Systems project, researchers will look at identifying large-scale crop diseases before a catastrophic crop failure—even for pathogens of unknown origins.
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Election Assistance Commission Appoints New Director With Security-Focused Background
Steven Frid, who currently serves as the security director at the Education Department’s Federal Student Aid office, will begin his role at the Election Assistance Commission on Jan. 30.
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UFO Sightings By US Troops Surge
Intelligence officials cite recent efforts to reduce the stigma of reporting odd aerial phenomena. Many cases remain unexplained.
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House Oversight Committee Probes GSA Administrator’s Telework
The GOP-led committee is seeking details about Robin Carnahan's telework arrangements.
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FAA System Outage Grounds All US Flights Overnight
An outage to a system providing real-time flight hazard information led to a nationwide ground stop of U.S. air travel Wednesday morning.
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NIH’s Governmentwide IT Acquisition Center Appoints Permanent Director
Brian Goodger, who has served as acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center since 2021, will now helm the center in a permanent capacity.
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New Records Rules Require Agencies to Save Chats and Texts
Previous records retention rules only explicitly applied to email communications. Now that has expanded to all pertinent electronic messages.
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Data from NASA’s Space-Based Tech Used to Spot CO2 Emission Sources
Observations from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 and 3 missions were used to pinpoint carbon dioxide emissions from one coal power plant.
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NASA Names Longtime Aerospace Industry Expert as New Chief Technologist
With prior experience from companies like Blue Origin, A.C. Charania will take on the agencywide role to spearhead technology innovation.
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