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AFL-CIO official, to serve as the first-ever Made In America director at the Office of Management and Budget. According to the White House press announcement, Drake will "shape and implement federal procurement and financial management policy to help carry out the Presidents vision of a future made in America by all of Americas workers -- including minority entrepreneurs and small businesses in every region in our country." *** The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is spending a lot ...

Quick Hits *** Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a review of the DHS workforce to identify violent extremism among agency employees. "Violent extremism has no place at DHS and we will work with urgency and focus to address it," Mayorkas said in an April 26 message to agency employees. *** On Monday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order establishing a new Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, intended to boost union density and support collective barga...

Kiran Ahuja, a veteran of the Office of Personnel Management, told lawmakers that she thinks that the lack of consistent leadership in the top position at OPM has taken a toll on the ability of the agency to complete longer term IT modernization projects. Quick Hits *** The Office of Personnel Management clarified on Friday that its waiving the usual Title V biweekly premium pay cap for feds doing details at the border to help with surges in unaccompanied minors. Last month, OPM announced a p...

By Natalie Alms   The Office of Personnel Management released governmentwide results from its annual employee survey on Monday, opening a window into views on their engagement and satisfaction at work, as well as insight on the shift to telework during the pandemic. The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey was postponed twice last year because of the pandemic before rolling out in September. Its content also changed, with new sections on the pandemic added and the usual recurring sections streaml...

By John Loucaides   Its well understood that the technology supply chain introduces risk, but until recently, the focus has been on people and processes, leaving the technology itself as a major visibility gap. To effectively manage supply chain risk, government organizations must understand and address the full scope of the supply chain. As recent attacks have demonstrated, that extends to the software and update process as well. When considering supply chain risk, an attack during product tr...

Quick Hits Federal Communications Commission is asking the public to download and run its Speed Test app on their mobile and home wireless devices, with the goal of collecting more reliable and comprehensive data on high-speed broadband access across the U.S. GCN has more. *** The Army has pulled back its solicitation for a $161.1 million human resources application development contract to rework the bid after getting complaints from several bidders including the incumbent. Washington Techn...

By Justin Katz   Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for two newly discovered vulnerabilities in on-premise Exchange servers, separate from zero-day exploits found in March, and the company is crediting the National Security Agency with identifying the flaws. “These new vulnerabilities were reported by a security partner through standard coordinated vulnerability disclosure and found internally by Microsoft,” according to a company blog post. “We have not seen the vulnerabilities used ...

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