Trump claims big jump in VA trust scores, but data shows modest gains
Patient satisfaction rates have improved steadily at VA in recent years, but Trump insists his changes have reformed the entire department.
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VA cancels plans for employee satisfaction survey this year
VA has conducted a poll of federal employees every year since 2006, but won't distrubute one this year amid multiple reforms to the workforce.
VA aims to help 38,000+ homeless veterans again this year
The department is repeating its goal from last year in 2023, with some additional benchmarks for outreach.
Does US really need a nationwide electric vehicle charging network?
There is a reason that today’s EV owners charge their vehicles either at home or work over 90% of the time.
Federal retirement claims processed at record clip in February
OPM, which administers the federal retirement program, has been working to reduce its processing time and retirement claim inventory backlog for years.
Russian jet, US drone crash over Black Sea, US military says
The incident marked the first time that an unsafe interaction with Russian aircraft caused a U.S. drone to crash.
Taylor Swift-based passwords harm cybersecurity, report says
Swift’s highly anticipated 10th album “Midnights” resulted in many passwords including “taylor,” “swiftie” and “midnights.”
How observability helps federal IT pros work smarter, not harder
Observability goes beyond traditional monitoring to provide proactive insights into problems before they occur.
Pentagon keeps Ukraine aid out of budget, punting to divided Congress
The Pentagon is opting to keep funding Ukraine with emergency spending bills despite previous testimony it was working to integrate it in the base budget.
National Treasury Employees Union President Reardon to step down
Following his retirement, the union will pick up with elections for national president and national executive vice president.
Pentagon’s historic R&D request has billions for advanced networks, AI
The $145 billion request includes $1.4 billion for Joint All-Domain Command and Control and $687 million for the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve.
