FBIâs Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing
The U.S. governmentâs fiscal year ends Sept. 30, where agencies have to finalize budgets, allocate remaining funds and push through last-minute contracts before the deadline.
Senators debate how to minimize the security risks of federal contractors working with China
DOD has not revised the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, in accordance with the fiscal 2024 NDAA, to prohibit the department from entering consulting contracts with vendors that provide such services to China and other certain foreign entities, unless the company maintains a conflict of interest mitigation plan that can be audited or a waiver is issued.
Congress averts a shutdown, setting up a lame duck fight in December
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., agreeing to a stopgap CR came over the objections of former President Trump, who instructed Republicans to reject any funding deal if it did not include legislative provisions to address his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voting from non-citizens.
Air Marshals say they are reaching a âbreaking pointâ amid brain drain and âpunishingâ schedules
FAMs expect a âdemanding job,â Casaretti said, but do not sign up to be âon call without compensationâ or to âwork punishing schedules.â The compounding issues have brought some Air Marshals to a breaking point, as he noted many of his colleagues have taken their own lives or seen their families fall apart.
New Vanderbilt center aims to place national security students at unexpected government agencies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. â Vanderbilt University students who want to land prestigious intelligence, defense or public safety internships in Washington, D.C. may soon find themselves working at a government agency where national security isnât the most obvious mission area.
Veterans Crisis Line looks to balance anonymity with location tools
The rollout of new location identification tools will help connect more retired servicemembers in crisis with nearby emergency services, even as responders work to maintain their privacy, a Department of Veterans Affairs official said on Wednesday.
Senate advances $3B VA supplemental bill one day before deadline
This is what paying the true cost of war looks like, and Iâm proud the Senate was able to act quickly today to ensure that seven million veterans and their families receive their benefit checks on time in 12 days.â
As wildfires burn throughout the West, officials are turning to AI
ALERTCalifornia, which is managed by the University of California, San Diego, is a public safety program working to understand wildfires and other natural hazards and determine short- and long-term impacts on people and the environment.
Senators push to avert pay cliff looming over overseas Foreign Service officers in stopgap spending deal
A bipartisan pair of senators are urging their colleagues to include language in the anticipated stopgap continuing resolution that would avert a potential pay cliff impacting overseas Foreign Service officers and other civilian workers.
Italy opens door to chemical castration for rapists and pedophiles
ROME â Italy moved on Wednesday toward legalizing chemical castration, with MPs approving the creation of a committee that could draft laws on treating violent sex offenders with androgen-blocking drugs.
The peaceful transfer of power starts now
Silence prevents us from affirming that political identities are a valuable form of diversity and fuels subconscious and unconscious bias that could influence hiring decisions, promotions, and daily interactions.
Voting by mail? Election workers are worried about issues at the Postal Service
Some people who vote by mail may be disenfranchised this fall if the issues are not addressed, the officials said in a letter to the head of the United States Postal Service that detailed challenges with the delivery of mail-in ballots over the past year.
The future of the intelligence workforce will center on STEM, diversity and flexibility, experts say
In a Sept. 5 Intelligence and National Security Foundation webinar focused on development of the intelligence communityâs workforce, Kyzer spoke with representatives from the government, private and non-governmental sectors who agreed that the future of that workforce will increasingly promote STEM expertise, workers from underrepresented backgrounds and more transitions between the public and private sectors.
Key debate takeaways for federal employees
Trump skirted a question about whether he wouldâve done anything differently on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol where lawmakers were certifying Joe Bidenâs election win.
Lawmakers mull a fraud-focused scorecard for oversight
The center differs from other government anti-fraud resources, like the Treasury Departmentâs Do Not Pay service, because of its cross-agency purview and use of machine learning, said Horowitz, who also emphasized the fact that the PRAC has access to law enforcement data because of its authority.
13 things to know about long-term care planning
As the FLTCIP is not currently available to new applicants, I priced a similar policy sold by Mutual of Omaha using their online long-term care premium calculator.
There is little consensus in Washington on spending following August recess
In addition to the voter ID provisions, they objected to the long length of the measureâBiden and his allies prefer a two-month dealâas well as the Houseâs failure to include proposed budget anomalies that would increase funding at the Veterans Affairs Department and Social Security Administration.