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A VA facility in Cincinnati, (Image credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com) The Veterans Benefits Administration is expecting its backlog of benefits claims to spike this summer as the office continues to reckon with the full impact of the pandemic and address claimants ushered in by Congressional mandates and the courts. The backlog of claims is a chronic challenge that's long been the target of agency goals, but doubled over the course of the pandemic. The backlog of disability compensation and pension claims requiring a rating decision that have been sitting for over 125 days is currently...

House Democrats are urging the White House to support an $8 billion taxpayer-funded proposal to direct the United States Postal Service to move towards an all-electric delivery fleet far sooner than the plan Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled earlier this year.

Department of Transportation and how it fits in with trends in public sector acquisition. *** The Office of Personnel Managementannounced that six more academic institutions are being added to the Federal Academic Alliance, a program that gives federal employees access to reduced tuition and scholarships to help complete degrees and acquire critical skills. Posted by FCW Staff on May 12, 2021 at 2:22 AM

TSA's role in pipeline security looks like a weak link to some in government and industry By Justin Katz   Lawmakers and government officials are re-examining the Transportation Security Administration's place in regulating the cybersecurity of the country's natural gas pipelines in the wake of the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline's business systems. The office responsible for those policies is historically short staffed and the agency has yet to address several issues brought up by government auditors in December 2018. In this instance, Colonial Pipeline faced a crippling attack on it...

House appropriators worry about Army modernization cuts as White House finalizes fiscal 2022 request.