Presidential Innovation Fellows

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Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, does telework help or hurt diversity efforts? And was the Coast-Guard-connected couple in Hawaii in the spying business?

Federal Newscast

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GSA has a new person in charge of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program

Workforce

FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

New COVID guidance for federal agencies to match CDC recommendations

Federal Newscast

The General Services Administration (GSA) U.S. Digital Corps.

Entry-level tech talent the focus of GSA’s new Digital Corps fellowship

Hiring/Retention

The newest batch of Presidential Innovation Fellows

Workforce

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

first lady Melania Trump, left, and President Donald Trump, center, remain on stage as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, walk away at the conclusion of the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Halloween, then Election Night: Shut the door and turn out the lights

Federal Report

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, U.S Army troops training to serve as instructors participate in the new Army combat fitness test at the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade compound at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army National Guard is looking for nearly 5,000 fitness instructors and buying roughly $40 million in workout equipment in the next seven months to help its soldiers meet new physical fitness standards being set by the military service. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Army getting some help keeping their troops in shape

Federal Newscast

The latest cohort of Presidential Innovation Fellows has been ushered in

Federal Drive

House Dems update whistleblower guide for federal employees

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, three U.S. aircraft carriers USS Nimitz, left top, USS Ronald Reagan, left center, and USS Theodore Roosevelt, left bottom, participate with other U.S. and South Korean navy ships during a joint naval exercises between the United States and South Korea in waters off South Korea's eastern coast. U.S. President Donald Trump promised to end “war games” with South Korea, calling them provocative, after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12, 2018. His announcement appeared to catch both South Korea and the Pentagon by surprise. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

CBO: DoD will need $735B by 2033 to cover cost of plans

Federal Newscast

Food and Nutrition Service relies on wisdom of the crowd for new online application

Technology

GSA goes Hollywood for new technology service commissioner

Rob Cook, a former Pixar software executive, will take over as the head of the Technology Transformation Service on Oct. 31.

People

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New playbook trying to make performance metrics more than just a compliance exercise

Management

Kate Josephs spent the last two years as the executive director of the Performance Improvement Council where she focused on having program managers take advantage of data to make decisions. Josephs left government July 29 to return to a new role in the UK government.