New Lesson: How diversification really works

Federal retirement processing picks back up in August

The office also continues to remind employees that their applications can get hung up if there are errors in them.
US Army to reward big contractors that ingest smaller innovator’s tech

Project Vista will give contractors credit, as part of competitive proposals, for inserting small business-developed technology.
Bracing for a budget fight, lawmakers propose bill to prevent shutdown

Lawmakers said the proposed bill is specifically a response to the brewing threat of a shutdown.
Air Force pushes for quickstart plan to launch programs without budget

The Senate added a slimmed-down version of this proposal to its NDAA, and the Air Force is talking to the House to ensure it stays in the final version.