Companies
Mitre hires Battelle vet as chief executive
Jason Providakes is retiring after seven years as leader of the nonprofit science and technology organization.
Route Fifty
How states are cracking down on rising prescription drug costs
From creating drug price review boards to bulk purchasing medications, state officials are keen on keeping health care costs down amid skyrocketing prescription costs.
Companies
Omni Federal gets new private equity backer
The seven-year-old software development specialist will look to scale out its digital delivery posture with Madison Dearborn Partners' investment.
Companies
DIU clears path for military access to cloud-based supercomputing
Rescale’s on-demand high-performance computing is now available across the entire Defense Department.
Route Fifty
The $190B question: Did federal pandemic funds improve test scores?
Two new studies attempt to answer that question as education activists and politicians debate the impact of federal spending, and as states and school districts consider which pandemic-era programs to continue.
Policy
PA Senate advances bill seeking to discourage divestments from Israel
The bill would prohibit state funds from divesting from Israel and penalize colleges and universities that seek to do the same.
Pay & Benefits
Your pre-retirement questions answered, part 3
The third in a series tackling your pressing questions.
Personality
City & State’s Great Debate Watch/Don’t Watch Guide
How to watch – or not watch – Thursday’s presidential debate
Contracts
Groundswell, Workday make good on partnership with Peace Corps project
This implementation of cloud-based human resource management functions is part of a trend across federal agencies.
Defense One
African governments express rising alarm about Russian disinformation
It has helped drive instability that “is at the cusp of affecting coastal West Africa,” AFRICOM chief says.
Nextgov
How DOD plans to make working with emerging tech companies easier
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Radha Plumb said the Pentagon is trying “to be less hard to work with” when it comes to engaging with the commercial sector.
Oversight
Why do federal employee background checks take so long? Panel points to delayed IT system
The Defense Department agency responsible for vetting workers at most federal agencies originally planned to have a new background check system fully functional in 2019.
Nextgov
Half of critical open source projects contain memory-unsafe code, U.S. cyber agency says
The findings come after recent hijacking attempts into major open-source tools.
Defense One
Army to seek industry help on AI
"We're not gonna develop our algorithms better than y’all,” a service acquisition leader told an industry conference.
Route Fifty
13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids
They cite opposition to ‘welfare’ and administrative costs in declining to participate in Summer EBT.
Management
Supreme Court deals 'earth-shattering' blow to federal agencies' administrative powers
The court's majority said allowing agencies to enforce laws with fines adjudicated in-house improperly concentrates power within the executive branch. Its minority warned of "momentous consequences."
Nextgov
NYPD officer database had security flaws that could have let hackers covertly modify officer data
The NYPD said no officer data was ever compromised, but it’s unknown how long the vulnerability existed.
Launch
ULA owners add ‘review team’ after Pentagon airs concerns about launch schedule
CEO also announces payload change for Vulcan’s upcoming certification flight.
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