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Policy Makers Discuss Appropriate U.S. and U.K. Response to Online Disinformation
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd weighed in.
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Defense Officials Press Lawmakers For a 2022 Appropriation
Defense officials warned lawmakers that some programs and tech efforts could be delayed or eliminated if Congress fails to pass a 2022 defense spending bill soon.
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Some Agencies Report 100% Vaccine Mandate Compliance as Others Begin Suspensions
Agencies continue to see vaccination rates rise as disciplinary actions ramp up.
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Agencies Must Establish COVID-19 Testing Programs for Certain Unvaccinated Feds and Contractors By Feb. 15
Task force issues new guidance on coronavirus testing for those who report to federal facilities or otherwise interact with the public.
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Newly Uncovered Emails Intensify Republican Senator's Unease About DOD’s Cloud Contracts
A senior senator continued a back-and-forth with auditors over the Defense Department's now-canceled JEDI contract.
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Can Project Maven help shape acquisition policy?
The DOD's inspector general found that the lack of a formal documentation process for acquisition metrics and procedures could prevent future growth of Project Maven and similar projects.
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Report: 45% of All Federal Employees Teleworked in Fiscal 2020
The Office of Personnel Management’s latest annual telework report captures the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OPM To Publish Rule Implementing Law Protecting Feds from Discrimination, Whistleblower Retaliation
The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act requires agencies to publish instances when they discriminated or retaliated against federal workers and encourages agencies to punish federal employees responsible for such acts.
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Streamlining delivery at USDA
Rebecca Piazza, former 18F acting executive director, is working at USDA on customer experience in food and nutrition benefits. The hope is that the work could increase participation in programs by taking away administrative burdens.
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‘Sheer Madness:’ Agencies Scramble to Implement New Policies for COVID-Positive Employees
With staffing shortages arriving or anticipated, agencies look to adapt their quarantine and isolation guidelines.
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White House renews efforts to improve integrity of federal payments
New data shows an uptick in errors, largely due to the pandemic.
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OPM Again Extends Deadline for Agencies to Adopt Skills-Based Hiring
The government's personnel agency said final guidance on implementing skills-based hiring assessments, rather than purely educational attainment, is coming soon.
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DOJ Injects Over $12 Million To Update Information Sharing Systems
The funding will support improved data sharing at state and local levels with the goal of helping to reduce crime.
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The Pentagon’s Cloud War is (Finally) Nearing Conclusion
Following the end of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, a new effort is taking shape.
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Biden Administration Made Major Customer Experience Moves in 2021
Major policy changes regarding how federal agencies serve citizens took pace over the past year.
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Biden Issues Executive Order Finalizing Average 2.7% Pay Raise for Feds
Although the raise isn’t as much as many federal employee groups had hoped for, it restores civilian-military pay parity.
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White House releases ‘learning agenda’ draft for PMA
The public, especially researchers and public servants, can submit feedback on the draft through Jan. 31.
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There’s No Way Americans Will Cancel Their Travel Plans
Many people are gathering for the holidays no matter what. Here’s how to do that as safely as possible.
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More funding needed for Biden’s CX order, says industry group
The Alliance for Digital Innovation said that “current funding levels will not be enough to provide an on-going, modern, and customer-centric digital experience,” called for in the customer experience executive order, and urged the administration to replenish the Technology Modernization Fund and the Federal Citizen Services Fund to support improved CX.
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