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DoD is focused on software, but it can’t forget hardware

“I’m the biggest fan of software and going to continuous development for software. But you cannot forget the hardware,” said William LaPlante.

Defense

AFGE set to negotiate after more feds overseas opt for representation

Unions

A university creates an artificial intelligence institute, partly to help government

Artificial Intelligence

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For contractors, the next few months are all about numbers.

Contracting

NAVSUP, supply chain, Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Conducts Photo Ex

NAVSUP works overtime keeping up with Navy’s heightened tempo

Defense

First Look

Lawmakers press agencies on ‘employment barriers’ for federal employees teleworking overseas

Congress

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles. That keeps the Postal Service on track for taking delivery of the first of the electric- and gas-powered delivery vehicles next year. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that the completion of an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act is an important milestone for postal carriers who’ve soldiered on with overworked delivery trucks that went into service from 1987 to 1994. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Lawmakers troubled by data dearth of USPS trucking contractors’ accidents, fatalities

Federal Newscast

Foreign Service looks back on last 100 years, highlights plan to recruit next-generation diplomats

Workforce

Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

Hiring/Retention

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ASPIRE targets the waste in federal workforce training

Federal Report

Energy Department illustrates how to get clean-energy projects going

Workforce

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

CMMC is coming, but concerns for small businesses persist under revamped rule

SBA’s Office of Advocacy is calling on the Pentagon to make sure small businesses don’t fall behind as it rolls out the CMMC requirements.

Cybersecurity

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Congress faces another countdown, this time FAA reauthorization

Debate continues in Congress surrounding one of the nation’s busiest airports. D.C.-area lawmakers want to nix adding flights to Reagan National Airport.

Congress

It’s officially awards season for outstanding feds

Workforce

Each passing year, U.S. politics seem to get uglier and more perverse. All the more reason then to celebrate public servants whose goal in life is to deliver on