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  • As wildfires burn throughout the West, officials are turning to AI

    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

    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

    Italy opens door to chemical castration for rapists and pedophiles

    ROME — 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

    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

    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

    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 community’s 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

    Key debate takeaways for federal employees

    Trump skirted a question about whether he would’ve done anything differently on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol where lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden’s election win.


    Lawmakers mull a fraud-focused scorecard for oversight

    Lawmakers mull a fraud-focused scorecard for oversight

    The center differs from other government anti-fraud resources, like the Treasury Department’s 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

    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

    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 measure—Biden and his allies prefer a two-month deal—as well as the House’s failure to include proposed budget anomalies that would increase funding at the Veterans Affairs Department and Social Security Administration.


    Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates

    Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates

    Most notably, the first debate in the 2024 cycle, between Trump and President Joe Biden, was unprecedented in that it happened before the nominating conventions and led to a change of nominee for the Democratic Party.


    Hundreds of cities get federal help to make streets safer

    Hundreds of cities get federal help to make streets safer

    But Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said grant programs like the safe streets initiative allow local leaders to have a bigger say on improving their road networks.