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Federal Government to Conclude Fiscal 2020 With Record Spending
Even without data from the month of September, the Treasury Department reports total federal spending exceeded $6 trillion for the first time.
Air Force Wants Novel Ideas for Building ‘Data Scientist’s Ecosystems’ at Operations Centers
The Air Force Research Lab wants tools, techniques and innovative ideas for shortening the OODA Loop.
Defense Department Certification Body Could Itself Conduct Audits Under Interim Rule
One lawyer notes continued confusion surrounding legal liability in the case of disputed assessments.
NASA to Debut New-and-Improved Space Toilet
Astronauts informed the unit's creation and have high hopes that it’ll bring more comfort to all who use it.
Foreign Hacker Sentenced in $1M Scam Targeting Federal Employees and Contractors
The criminal ring used phishing emails and fake websites to get almost $1 million worth of printer toner to sell on black markets.
Oak Ridge Considering Outsourcing Some Cybersecurity Operations, CISO Says
Oak Ridge National Lab's top information security official told Nextgov he’s looking at moving to managed threat detection and response services.
HHS to Start Testing Your Poop for COVID-19
Testing will cover approximately 10% of Americans within the next eight weeks, with an option to expand that to 30% within another nine weeks.
Program Under Defense Innovation Unit Is Launching a New Consortium
The Institute for Nascent Innovations will look to identify and solve unseen issues in emerging crises.
IG Finds ‘Significant Inaccuracies’ in Federal Acquisition Service’s Reporting of Small Business Contracts
This resulted from issues with the GSA-managed federal procurement data system.
Justice Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Marshals’ Smartphones
The service is looking for a software development kit to help it integrate biometrics tools with an app used to facilitate prisoner transfers.
Why the Pentagon’s JEDI Saga Is Far From Over
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement may be grounded until at least February, according to a new timeline agreed to by the government and Amazon Web Services.
18F Says 6 Core Concepts Can Reduce Risk in Federal Tech Projects
The new De-risking Government Technology Field Guide looks to educate officials on how to merge modern software design with traditional government bureaucracy.
Comments on Government Supply Chain Rule Push for Better Definitions and More Time
Industry groups and other comments highlight the difficulty of complying with a provision of last year’s defense authorization act that requires the removal of products from companies including Huawei and ZTE.
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