Tech
Defense Digital Service elevates top deputy to serve as director
Jennifer Hay will lead the Defense Department’s in-house team of software engineers and data scientists.
Oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau helms multi-agency effort to scrutinize sale of Americans’ data
The CFPB and the Federal Trade Commission are teaming up to investigate long-awaited regulatory steps into the sale of Americans’ data by third-party companies.
Management
Leaders in both parties agree to pursue a stopgap to avoid shutdown
The House and Senate remain significantly divided over spending for the rest of fiscal 2024.
Tech
Senators seek details on SSA’s plan to modernize and simplify disability benefits applications
Three Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee asked the Social Security Administration for details on improvements to the Supplemental Security Income application.
Pay & Benefits
Per diem rates for federal workers will increase this fall, GSA says
The standard lodging rate will jump by nearly $10 beginning in October, as the government continues to confront recent inflation.
Oversight
New bill aims to address private sector cyber risks to FEMA operations
A proposed amendment to the Homeland Security Act would task FEMA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to work with private entities to ensure digital risks to agency operations are mitigated.
Tech
The White House is developing a 10-year modernization plan to replace legacy IT
The National Cybersecurity Strategy tasks the Office of Management and Budget with creating a plan to eliminate all vulnerable legacy systems from federal agencies within a decade.
Pay & Benefits
Choke points: Labor historian discusses how public-sector unions took hold
Private-sector union strategies and growth have helped public-sector unions and employees.
Tech
National intelligence strategy calls for new partnerships to harness emerging technologies
Federal agencies must collaborate with private sector partners and allies to better understand the implications of emerging technologies, according to the new strategy.
Management
Hundreds of federal employees deploy to Hawaii to assist in wildfire response
Agencies with offices and personnel on the island are also scrambling to accommodate staff and provide continuity of services.
Pay & Benefits
Deadline approaches for Biden’s 5.2% pay raise plan
The president must formalize his proposal to give federal employees their largest annual pay increase in more than 40 years by the end of this month, or automatic boosts to locality pay will kick in.
News
Fulton County charges Donald Trump with racketeering, other felonies
A Georgia election law expert explains five key things to know about the charges and why racketeering is at the center of them.
Tech
White House cyber office has its eye on workforce data
Data on the cybersecurity workforce is fragmented and inconsistent. A top White House official is looking to change that.
Workforce
The federal government’s primary internship program is getting its first update in a decade
The Office of Personnel Management will propose regulations Wednesday governing the federal government’s Pathways Programs to make it more appealing for potential applicants and easier for agencies to use as a recruitment tool.
Workforce
Study: Mental health stigmas persist throughout the security clearance process
A new report from Leidos finds that mental health perceptions hurt pipelines of talent into the intelligence community.
Management
USPS to offer discounts in hopes of boosting mail usage
The Postal Service hopes to boost revenue from its largest customers by up to $1.3 billion.
Pay & Benefits
IVF coverage is available to veterans under VA insurance — if you’re heterosexual and married
A lawsuit filed in federal court would push the agency to cover the treatment — the most effective form of assisted reproductive technology — for people who are single, or who are in LGBTQ+ relationships.
Defense
What military sexual-assault victims think of the new way cases are prosecuted
President Biden signed an executive order last month that removes legal decision-making authority from commanders for most serious crimes.
Oversight
How the IRS accidentally tagged thousands of taxpayers as dead
The IRS confirmed that 6,821 tax accounts were marked as deceased and locked — meaning that the agency wouldn’t process the tax returns associated with it — when the person was, in fact, alive.
Defense
PACT Act in one year aided 340,000 ailing veterans and survivors, Biden says
The act expands health care eligibility for up to 3.5 million post-9/11 veterans, and for those who served during the Vietnam and Cold War eras.
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