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Manufacturer of bug-repellent combat uniforms stung with Justice Dept charges

In today’s Federal Newscast: Army and Air Force Exchange Service employees in Germany vote to join AFGE. A company that makes bug-repellent combat uniforms…

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White House touts CDO Council as ‘game changer’ for meeting equity, CX goals

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SSA’s data pipelines under construction to feed digital transformation

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VA’s first permanent chief data officer Kshemendra Paul leaving agency

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Agency data leaders see strong tie into federal zero trust security push

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CDO Council sees ‘unique opportunity’ to elevate data talent across government

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(DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks participates in a virtual Center for Strategic and International Studies Smart Women, Smart Power conversation, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Pentagon to reshuffle leadership roles for AI, data, digital services

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CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

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State Dept. CDO makes diversity top management priority under data strategy

The State Department, as part of an agency-wide modernization effort, is focused on using its vast inventory to further its diplomatic mission.

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CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

An annual survey of CDOs finds common hurdles, like workforce challenges, change management and funding make it harder to get work done.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 31, 2021 file photo, Cole Smith receives a Moderna variant vaccine shot from clinical research nurse Tigisty Girmay at Emory University's Hope Clinic in Decatur, Ga. As of June 2021, scientists have found clues that the world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection that could diminish the need for frequent booster shots, but they caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

DHS working on enterprise data inventory after workforce vaccination sprint

The COVID-19 pandemic put the Department of Homeland Security in a situation where it needed to get a handle on its workforce data quickly in order to expedite the vaccination of its frontline employees. 

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