This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Monday, March 18, 2024 Dan Chenok 73% of organizations said their sustainability efforts are held back by the manual processing required when working with large amounts of data. Since the turn of the millennium, pandemics, heat waves, wildfires, floods, cyberattacks, supply chain (more…)
Exploring Homeland Security’s Procurement Strategy: A Conversation with Paul Courtney, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, March 18, 2024 Paul Courtney
How the Marines Corps got ahead of the zero trust curve
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. For the Marine Corps, the move to zero trust is as much about collapsing networks and consolidating cloud instances as it is about modernizing its approach to cybersecurity. This network unification and modernization initiative is why the Marines believe making the Defense Department’s (more…)
Craftways: On the Organization of Scholarly Work
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, March 15, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Insights from Aaron Wildavsky on Writing and Craftmanship This week the Center posted a blog by Katherine Barrett, Richard Greene, and Don Kettl announcing the release of their monograph, The Little Guide to Writing for (more…)
Lawmakers, employee groups call for permanent increase in federal firefighter pay
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Under current measures implemented by the Biden administration, federal wildland firefighters will face yet another “pay cliff” this fall.
Opportunity to Contribute to Public Administration Review
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, March 14, 2024 Dan Chenok The IBM Center for the Business of Government will officially collaborate with the new “Practically Speaking” initiative in ASPA’s Public Administration Review Post written in collaboration with Ron Sanders, Associate Editor for Practically Speaking The IBM (more…)
Central America: USAID Should Strengthen Staffing and Fraud Risk Management for Initiative Addressing Migration to the U.S.
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found In November 2021, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced Centroamérica Local (CL), an initiative to empower local organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to implement programs addressing root causes of migration to the U.S. GAO’s review of all (more…)
Intellectual Property: Stronger Fraud Risk Management Could Improve the Integrity of the Trademark System
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) established two new procedures—expungement and reexamination—that allow individuals and businesses to challenge a registered trademark on the basis that it was not used in commerce, as is normally required. A successful challenge results in (more…)
Grants: AmeriCorps Should Take Multiple Actions to Better Manage Fraud Risks
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found AmeriCorps—also known as the Corporation for National and Community Service—administers a variety of grant programs that support service opportunities aimed at addressing community needs. The agency has taken some steps to manage fraud risks in its major grant programs. For example, (more…)
Veterans Affairs expands IVF access to unmarried and same-sex veterans
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Up to now, the VA has only provided IVF care for married veterans who were able to use their own eggs or sperm during the process, but the new announcement allows veterans to use donor eggs, sperm and embryos.