Tech
Growing agency talent is critical for modernization, Transportation’s IT head says
“When there is support and excitement, then you can do magic,” Pavan Pidugu, the Transportation Department’s chief digital and information officer, said about engaging personnel across the agency to drive meaningful IT modernization.
Pay & Benefits
Weighing the costs and trade-offs of suspending FEHB for Medicare Advantage
COMMENTARY | An analysis of two markets shows some commercial plans provide the lowest estimated yearly costs, but federal annuitants must consider the required trade-offs like prior authorization and provider access.
Management
Easing USPS handgun shipping rules will exacerbate crime, warns Democrat
Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., is challenging the Postal Service’s plan to treat handguns like rifles and shotguns.
Management
Why the next president must rebuild, not just restore, the administrative state
COMMENTARY | A reconstructed and reimagined administrative state is crucial to restoring effective government.
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Management
IBM security executive emerges as possible contender for federal cyber agency leadership post
Tom Parker doesn’t have prior government experience, characteristics the Trump administration may be seeking in its next pick to lead CISA, a person familiar said.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds returned to growth in April
Each of the portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program finished last month in the black.
Management
Contracting association warns it could take DHS until the end of the year to ‘get back on track’ following record-breaking shutdown
The Professional Services Council also reported that several contracting companies faced the threat of closure due to missed reimbursements from the government as a result of the funding lapse.
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Management
Workers predict significant disruptions to food assistance programs as USDA announces more relocations
Programs like SNAP and WIC "simply will not function" if employees exit en masse after declining mandatory relocations across the country, union says.
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Tech
One CEO’s push to speed up how the Pentagon adopts technology
Meagan Metzger saw barriers in government contracting as problems she could find a path to solve.
Tech
GSA procurement chief leads FAR overhaul
Jeffrey Koses has spent decades inside GSA’s acquisition system, moving from entry-level furniture purchasing to policy leadership and now overseeing a sweeping rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulation aimed at simplifying procurement and increasing flexibility for contracting officers.
Workforce
Coast Guard officer promotion advanced by Senate Republicans despite IG finding of whistleblower retaliation
Commander Jesse Millard was approved in committee on a party-line vote, despite Senate Democrats demanding that his promotion be withdrawn.
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Management
DHS funding bill heads to Trump, ending shutdown for department employees
After months of delays and three shutdowns, lawmakers move forward while punting immigration funding fight.
Pay & Benefits
Sorting through Medicare myths in federal retirement decisions
Common assumptions about Part B, IRMAA and FEHB coordination can obscure how coverage and costs actually play out over time.
Workforce
After reductions, VA chief says facilities can 'hire where they need and what they need'
Those facilities must still operate within overall staffing constraints, however.
Updated
Workforce
How an obscure federal agency threatens to upend union disputes
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has begun delaying and denying union requests for arbitrators to hear grievance cases, a move that has shocked longtime experts.
Management
House votes to make IRS publish call metrics online
The bill would require the tax agency to release detailed, real time and monthly call metrics. The House also passed a technology proposal meant to move the IRS off paper.
Tech
Federal workforce trauma is creating a stumbling block for AI adoption
COMMENTARY | Following massive workforce reductions — and a $165.6 billion hit to the U.S. economy — federal managers are struggling to integrate AI as low engagement collapses across agencies.
Tech
CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans
A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.
Workforce
Feds that Trump fired without cause can take their appeals directly to federal court, judges say
The most recent decision involved a challenge from Maurene Comey, a former DOJ attorney and daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.
Management
Career agent confirmed to lead ATF despite GOP’s past push for the agency’s elimination
New Director Robert Cekada testified that the Trump administration wants to increase the number of officers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which some Republicans have previously proposed to abolish.
Tech
White House is drafting plans to permit federal Anthropic use
The move suggests the Trump administration is easing its stance on the AI company, which faced a Pentagon supply chain risk designation and phaseout directive.
Tech
FDA to pilot real-time clinical drug trials through cloud and AI
The first-of-its-kind pilot could lead to speedier regulatory approval of medical drugs and devices and potentially reduce “20, 30, 40% of overall clinical trial time,” according to FDA Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Jeremy Walsh.
Tech
Treasury missed security controls in giving DOGE system access, GAO finds
The finding is among the first oversight reports Congress’ watchdog has released about the controversial cost-cutting team.
