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Colorado Lawmakers Eye Renewable Natural Gas Mandate
When the legislative session starts this winter, lawmakers are expected to again take up a proposal to mandate the state's largest utility use so-called "renewable natural gas." But some environmentalists are critical of RNG, saying other strategies will be more effective at combating climate change.
Nextgov
HHS Websites Will Get Customer Experience Scores in 2021
As part of the updated digital strategy, Health and Human Services Department program offices will be getting graded on a “CX scale.”
Route Fifty
States Should Lead the Effort to Reform the Electoral College
COMMENTARY | The 2020 presidential election has underscored the need to overhaul the Electoral College.
Oversight
Environmental Groups Allege Texas Rubber-Stamped Industrial Plants' Pollution — and that the EPA Looked the Other Way
The groups are suing the EPA, saying it failed to address concerns that air permits issued to big industrial facilities didn’t meet federal standards.
Management
Transition Roundup: Senate Runoff Outcomes Will Shape Biden’s Presidency; National Guard Prepares for Pro-Trump Election Protests
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
DC Guard To Deploy for Pro-Trump Demonstrations In Washington
About 350 troops will help with crowd control — seven months after a fraught deployment in June.
Oversight
The ‘Gateway Drug to Corruption and Overspending’ Is Returning to Congress – but Are Earmarks Really that Bad?
Banned in 2011, pork-barrel spending may return to Congress, where Democrats want to resurrect the practice to make passing budgets easier – and help keep their narrow majority in 2022 elections.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Native Communities, the Federal Government and the Pandemic
Northern Arizona University professors Dr. Lisa Hardy and Dr. Kerry Thompson join the podcast to discuss how tribal governments are handling the COVID-19 crisis.
Route Fifty
‘Time to Sprint:’ Concerns Grow in New York That Vaccination Effort is Lagging
The state’s governor and the mayor of New York City on Monday both recognized the need to pick up the pace.
Nextgov
State Selects First Permanent Chief Data Officer
Matthew Graviss previously served as USCIS’ first CDO and will report to Janice deGarmo, who was recently promoted at State.
Management
Federal Agencies Have Distributed 200K Coronavirus Vaccine Doses So Far
Four agencies have provided the shots from their own distributions, but this only represents a fraction of the doses the agencies received.
Management
Bipartisan Law Enacted to Improve FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Contracts
The law is based on recommendations from a 2018 Government Accountability Office report.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Portfolios End 2020 on a High Note
Each of the funds in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program posted gains last month.
Management
Correcting Corrections: Lessons for Prisons and Jails in a Post-COVID World
Not only are incarcerated people getting infected and dying at unprecedented rates, but so are the people who work in these facilities.
Management
Transition Roundup: National Guard Prepares for Inauguration; Biden to Halt or Delay ‘Midnight’ Regulations
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Nextgov
CMMC: The Dramatic Year of the Pentagon’s Contractor Cybersecurity Program
The Defense Department’s main effort to protect its supply chain from cyber threats charged ahead through the pandemic but not without controversy.
Defense
Lockheed Martin Executive in Charge of F-35, F-22, Skunk Works Dies
Michele Evans, who was executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, had taken two medical leaves since 2019.
Tech
How Will People Actually Get COVID-19 Vaccines?
With COVID-19 vaccine distribution underway, how will people get them and what are the potential distribution pitfalls? An expert breaks down the logistics.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Feds' Anti-Gag Rights During the Transition
Government Accountability Project's Irvin McCullough and Aman Panjwani join the podcast to discuss whistleblower rights at the end of the Trump administration.
Defense