VA Improper Payments: $340M+ Unsubstantiated
A VA audit revealed over $340 million in unsubstantiated payments to 38,800 individuals due to oversight gaps in financial rewards. Improper retention bonuses & relocation incentives are highlighted.
NIH’s New Director: COVID Origins, Layoffs, and Research Focus
New NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya addresses staff, questioning COVID origins, research on racism, and recent layoffs. He aims to restore staff and address supply shortages amid budget cuts.
The major takeaways for federal employees from the vice presidential debate
Walz and Vance traded barbs over the bipartisan border bill that failed in Congress earlier this year, in large part because Trump lobbied Republicans against it.
DARPA edges closer to using AI to expose cyber vulnerabilities
And earlier this year, the open-source community faced a new type of threat when a user dubbed “Jia Tan” tried to quietly plant a backdoor into XZ Utils, a widely-used file transfer tool found in several Linux builds that power software in major companies that have global presence.