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Feds may lose travel perk when FedRooms booking website is overhauled
The change is motivated by compliance requirements in pre-existing policy that govern the use of official websites.
Global leaders fixate on warfare and economic stability
What can the world expect in 2023? The recent G20 summit might offer some hints.
By Chris Martin
A graphical look at scenarios for the US defense budget through 2027
The president's budget requests could go his way, but there are also other routes appropriators might take.
By Doug Berenson
How the Space Development Agency ‘could have died any number of ways’
The SDA overcame early turmoil, but there's still more to prove.
US acquisition exec on being faster, stronger and more united in space
Frank Calvelli, the Defense Department's first space-focused acquisition executive, outlined his top priorities for 2023.
Is Veterans Day a federal holiday?
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it to celebrate the cessation of hostilities during World War I.
By Federal Times staff
Palantir wins FDA contract to bolster US food supply chain
This U.S. experienced a severe shortage of infant formula this year as a result a global supply chain crisis compounded by an FDA product recall.
By Federal Times staff
Air Force seeks continuity as it pares down Senior Executive Service
The department is working to retain its high-level leadership in the face of orders from Congress to limit the total number of SES positions.
Proposed rule would create a better public record of discrimination
The proposed rule addresses a legal mandate that federal employment practices expand accountability for discrimination and retaliation response.
By Jessie Bur
Mandate to momentum: Catalyzing customer experience in government
Leaders must adopt the people-centered mindset that the discipline of customer experience requires, focusing not just on citizens and residents but also on the government employees who do the work of serving the public.
By Sydney Heimbrock, Qualtrics
Feds get Christmas Eve off in 2021
Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, meaning feds will receive their paid holiday the day before.
By Jessie Bur