https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2016/07/white-house-pushes-agency-heads-to-expand-open-data/220245/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
New guidance issued by two White House offices outlines best practices for agency leaders to open more data, engage with citizens digitally and solicit ...
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2008/02/letters-the-problem-with-nsps/198114/?oref=ng-next-story
The National Security Personnel System continues to inspire fear, loathing and letters to the editor.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2004/10/va-re-examines-it-policy/226766/
The governance process that officials have been putting in place focuses on mission, strategy and value, and that requires sharing resources and service...
vaexaminespolicynextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2003/08/defense-to-unveil-gig-plans/201608/?oref=ng-author-river
The Defense Department soon will unveil a blueprint for connecting all its facilities a global network for warfighters
defenseunveilgigplansnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2022/03/patients-report-neuropathy-after-covid-19/363801/?oref=ng-next-story
Nearly 1 in 3 people testing positive for COVID-19 experienced neuropathy, according to a large study.
patientsreportneuropathycovidnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2021/06/deputy-defense-secretary-says-jedi-cloud-update-coming-soon/174851/
Kathleen Hicks said the department will choose a path forward for enterprise cloud soon.
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https://www.nextgov.com/voices/john-pulley/19423/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2017/10/house-bill-looks-to-secure-iot-ecosystem/228035/
New legislation would improve security and oversight of connected devices.
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https://www.nextgov.com/voices/josephine-wolff/11669/?oref=ng-post-author
Josephine Wolff is an assistant professor of public policy and computing security at Rochester Institute of Technology and a faculty associate at the Ha...
josephinewolffnextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/06/former-usaid-official-three-contractors-plead-guilty-550m-bribery-scheme/406109/
Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/12/ai-rising-priority-federal-chief-data-officers/392892/
Nearly all CDOs surveyed by the Data Foundation reported thinking about adopting the emerging technology.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/09/inglis-first-rule-of-cyber-education-is-budget-accountability/258926/?oref=ng-related-article
The newly appointed cyber director has been setting priorities and carving out turf for his office to cover. With that will likely come some scrutiny of...
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/how-can-agencies-safely-use-new-chinese-made-deepseek-ai/403008/?oref=ng-homepage-river
One of the most noteworthy things about DeepSeek is that it uses a reasoning model where users can watch as the AI thinks out loud.
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/12/hhs-releases-ai-strategy-united-new-onehhs-approach/409983/?oref=ng-topic-lander-river
The Department of Health and Human Services has set up a plan for AI implementation across the agency that relies on five pillars of effort.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2020/10/interior-ig-usgs-director-retaliated-against-whistleblower/258521/?oref=ng-topic-lander-river
A watchdog report alleges that an "impermissible, retaliatory motive" was behind the reassignment of a whistleblower at the U.S. Geological Survey.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/06/commerce-allow-sharing-certain-technology-huawei/166197/?oref=ng-next-story
The move aims to facilitate full U.S. participation in international standards-setting bodies.
commerceallowsharingcertaintechnology
https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/01/industry-launches-100b-ai-infrastructure-effort-keep-ahead-china/402410/?oref=ng-skybox-post-mobile
Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math.
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https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/10/most-vaccine-hesitant-people-remain-willing-change-their-minds/185871/?oref=ng-next-story
A new study shows people's views are not set in stone. The director of the National Institutes of Health explains.
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https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2022/05/senators-push-300m-boost-tmf/367188/?oref=ge-related-article
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging appropriators to back a Biden administration request to add $300 million to the Technology Modernizati...
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2020/11/quick-hits/249626/?oref=ng-next-story
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/04/senators-call-irs-beef-fraud-prevention-efforts/164894/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Scammers are not taking days off during the pandemic, senators warn.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/01/cisa-fbi-warn-risks-china-made-drones/393410/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
The new guidance is meant to alert critical infrastructure operators to potential security risks, including data exfiltration and cybersecurity risks, p...
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https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2020/08/nist-calls-standards-improve-forensic-capabilities-cloud/168051/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
The agency has been highlighting gaps in cloud standards for almost a decade now and noted a conspicuous beneficiary of the status quo.
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https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2024/11/groundswell-challenges-armys-award-business-system-consolidation-contract/400720/?oref=ngfcw_ftt_nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nextgov/FCW%20Federal%20Tech%20Today%20-%20November%204%2C%202024&utm_term=newsletter_ng_today
In its protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Groundswell is questioning how the Army stuck with long-time incumbent Accenture Federal Services fo...
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2019/08/dems-push-back-on-blm-relocation-plan/210931/?oref=ng-topic-lander-river
Two senior lawmakers want the Bureau of Land Management to halt its plan to relocate its headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/03/state-department-warns-employees-fraud-scheme-targeting-payroll-systems/395236/
Hackers have been targeting annuity accounts to redirect payroll deposits.
state departmentwarnsemployeesfraudscheme
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/01/report-iran-likely-setting-stage-international-phishing-campaign/154104/?oref=ng-next-story
Hackers have been methodically gaining access to domain name services that allow malware-laden emails to look like they come from legitimate organizations.
reportiranlikelysettingstage
https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2021/08/navy-looks-to-build-cyber-resilience-beyond-rmf/259082/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
The Navy wants to fortify its cyber resilience to keep pace with rapid software development needs, but changing workforce habits has to come first.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2006/03/it-essential-to-army-officer-training/234916/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Rand recommends that the service emphasize skills such as intuitive decision-making and situational awareness.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2021/11/gao-highlights-problems-speeding-disaster-help-disadvantaged-areas/186520/
Disaster response is uneven across the country.
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https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2021/05/billions-federal-dollars-close-broadband-gaps-are-about-start-flowing/174006/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
The FCC has launched a program that provides $50 subsidies to help households pay internet bills and also approved rules for a $7 billion fund for libra...
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2011/03/federal-100-william-j-lynn-iii/232365/?oref=ng-author-river
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2013/08/making-the-case-to-attend-sxsw/246589/
One government IT expert's picks for panels with real work relevance.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2001/03/looking-for-laptops/214673/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
NASA is shopping for about $5 million in new laptop computers.
looking forlaptopsnextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/01/another-poor-cybersecurity-audit-state-department-draws-scrutiny/162627/?oref=ng-next-story
Auditors have been reporting weaknesses in IT security controls for over a decade.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2011/02/intelligence-community-to-get-cio/245438/?oref=ng-next-story
President Barack Obama has picked a CIO for the intelligence community
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https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2018/03/dod-scales-back-950m-cloud-agreement/196512/
A DIUx-driven Other Transaction Authority agreement with REAN Cloud that had been DOD-wide will now be limited to U.S. Transportation Command, and given...
dodscalesbackcloudagreement
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2014/04/dhs-telework-system-lacks-disaster-plan-ig-says/81817/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Workplace as a Service program needs an alternate processing site, report says.
disaster plandhsteleworksystemlacks
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2009/03/va-program-to-schedule-patient-appointments-on-verge-of-collapse/43476/
Failure of the overdue application, a core piece of a new medical system, angers veterans groups and has officials worried about a reaction from the Hil...
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2021/01/lawmaker-urges-tech-companies-save-posts-metadata-jan-6-insurrection/171320/
Sen. Mark Warner sent letters to 11 wireless communication and social media companies asking them to get ready to hand over content for legal proceedings.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2018/02/unicef-recruits-gamers-mine-cryptocurrency-syria/145685/?oref=ng-next-story
Play Overwatch and help some children.
unicefrecruitsgamersminecryptocurrency
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2011/09/top-and-bottom-5-federal-employers-readers-react/244811/?oref=ng-topic-lander-river
FCW readers weigh in on which agencies they think are the best for launching a career.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2017/04/justice-18f-partner-government-wide-foia-portal/137231/?oref=ng-next-story
The goal is a centralized system for processing Freedom of Information Act requests.
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https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2021/05/senate-committee-clashes-over-sweeping-election-reform-bill/173980/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Lawmakers failed to advance the For the People Act out of committee, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to bring the bill to the floor...
senate committeeelection reformsweepingbillnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2022/10/biden-touts-launch-student-loan-forgiveness-website/378533/?oref=ng-related-article
More than 8 million people applied on the beta version of the site over the weekend, officials said.
student loan forgivenessbidentoutslaunchwebsite
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2021/02/new-bill-looks-to-close-retirement-loophole-for-injured-federal-first-responders/258689/
Sponsors say the legislation is needed to allow federal first responders to access their retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2020/04/trump-removes-acting-pentagon-ig-slated-lead-pandemic-oversight/164449/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Only current IGs may serve in the new position created by Congress to oversee the government's coronavirus relief effort.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2016/08/nasa-cto-deborah-diaz-to-retire-in-september/220163/?oref=ng-next-story
The longtime federal IT leader also played key roles at DHS, GSA and other agencies.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2012/01/why-career-feds-are-needed-now-more-than-ever/205695/
The increasingly complicated issues facing agencies are not a good fit for short-term appointees, writes Cisco's Alan Balutis.
more than evercareerfedsneedednextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2002/09/radio-deal-to-increase-compatibility/200042/
The Justice and Treasury departments will spend up to $3 billion during the next five years to buy 30,000 compatible radios
radiodealincreasecompatibilitynextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/11/congress-weighed-measure-curtail-scope-dhs-intelligence-office/409653/?oref=ng-homepage-river
A provision, ultimately left out of the Intelligence Authorization Act, would have removed commonplace collection and analysis authorities granted to th...
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https://www.nextgov.com/topic/office-of-management-and-budget/more/?page=3
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https://www.nextgov.com/voices/matt-berman/6822/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
Matt Berman is a news editor at National Journal. Before joining National Journal, he managed social media on the communications team at the Carnegie En...
mattbermannextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/10/government-tweets-down-sharply-amid-shutdown/71462/?oref=ng-HPriver
Employees running some of the governments most popular Twitter accounts have been furloughed.
governmenttweetsshutdownnextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/09/ngas-school-for-agile/244083/?oref=ng-next-story
A request for training offers more evidence of the federal pivot to agile.
ngaschoolagilenextgovfcw
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/tts-director-tapped-serve-labor-cio/403855/?oref=ng-home-top-story
Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer, will continue to lead the Technology Transformation Services, a General Services Administration spokesperson conf...
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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/10/pentagon-fund-new-ways-detect-explosives/58898/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
DARPA is seeking different approaches to identifying IEDs.
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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/01/dhs-launches-office-drone-and-counter-drone-technologies/410622/
The agency said the new office is already in the process of finalizing a $115 million investment in counter-drone tech that will be used to help secure ...
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2008/05/groups-choose-winning-workforce-idea/197075/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
Sixteen people offered two-minute pitches for improving the federal workforce during a Public Service Recognition Week event today.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2022/08/house-sends-package-including-irs-hiring-boost-usps-ev-funding-bidens-desk/375826/?oref=ng-topic-lander-featured-river
The measure aimed at lowering health care costs and fueling the fight against climate change received only Democratic support.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2014/03/2015-budget-would-boost-investments-stem-education/79837/
One proposed change is a governmentwide reorganization of STEM education programs.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2011/02/procurement-leader-blasts-mandatory-debarment-proposal/232085/?oref=ng-next-story
A one-size-fits-all recommendation for suspension and debarment doesn't account for the extreme situations faced by contractors in war zones, OFPP head ...
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https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2021/07/cmmc-board-clarifies-assessor-training-timeline/258460/
Training materials and certification exams for the assessors and instructors are at least four months away from delivery.
cmmcboardassessortrainingtimeline
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2024/07/white-house-cyber-czar-office-adds-new-deputy/398291/?oref=ng-next-story
Harry Wingo, a former national security professor and Navy SEAL officer, will take the position next week, the Office of the National Cyber Director said.
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https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/07/devsecops-benefits-more-dynamic-dod/166660/
Leveraging unclassified resources for the development of code to be run in a classified manner has many tangible advantages.
devsecopsbenefitsdynamicdodnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/voices/akshat-rathi/10906/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/01/openai-debuts-chatgpt-gov-federal-agency-use/402537/?oref=ng-next-story
The new chatbot brings the same capabilities from the public model to government-approved and secure cloud environments for federal workloads.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/03/fbi-director-says-extremists-flocking-encrypted-apps-poses-new-challenges/172397/
Christopher Wray told lawmakers tech companies are the ones making policies about encryption.
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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/09/fema-wants-better-hurricane-alerts-people-disabilities/69994/?oref=ng-HPtopstory
The agency is interested in handicapped-accessible options for mobile and social media during disasters too.
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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/04/republican-lawmakers-propose-bill-support-government-covd-19-research-effort/164945/
The COVID Research Act includes several authorizations, including $50 million to the Energy Department.
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https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2001/04/gsa-invites-crossover-in-telecom/217542/?oref=ng-next-story
GSA has opened a Metropolitan Area Acquisition contract to additional service providers
gsainvitescrossovertelecomnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2016/12/nara-names-classification-chief/247384/
Mark Bradley will head the Information Security and Oversight Office, responsible for governmentwide classification policy.
naranamesclassificationchiefnextgov
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2016/07/which-agencies-have-the-happiest-it-workers/220296/?oref=ng-next-story
A deep dive into federal job satisfaction data found some bright spots for IT, but there is room for improvement in training and making employees feel l...
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https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2025/07/execution-gap-government-ai-why-integration-holds-key/406673/?oref=ng-homepage-river
COMMENTARY | As government agencies move to adopt AI tools, one challenge is quietly derailing their progress: the inability to successfully integrate e...
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https://www.nextgov.com/topic/commerce-department/?oref=ng-article-topics
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https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2023/08/white-house-developing-10-year-modernization-plan-replace-legacy-it/389438/
The National Cybersecurity Strategy tasks the Office of Management and Budget with creating a plan to eliminate all vulnerable legacy systems from feder...
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/10/shutdown-furloughs-will-permanently-cost-economy-least-7-billion-cbo-says/409161/
Unlike most of the shutdown's economic impacts, the lost productivity from feds not working cannot be reversed.
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https://www.nextgov.com/voices/jean-dimeo/16869/?oref=ng-post-author
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2012/05/army-hosts-moses-open-source-virtual-world/205491/?oref=ng-author-river
The focus of many federal virtual world activities has moved to the U.S. Army's "MOSES" experimental open source environment
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2020/08/110000-americans-died-waiting-social-security-disability-benefits-last-decade/168062/
Americans waited an average of more than two years for benefits decisions from the government during the past decade.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/08/states-get-240m-combat-unemployment-fraud/184630/?oref=ng-topic-lander-featured-river
The federal grant funding can be used to pay for identity verification services, cybersecurity, or other expenses related to fraud detection.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2009/10/ig-faults-hud-for-stimulus-law-reporting-problems/203781/?oref=ng-homepage-noscript-river
HUD falls on privacy and data security goals and misses deadlines as it tracks spending for the economic stimulus law, the IG's office says.
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https://www.nextgov.com/voices/brian-robinson/18659/?oref=ng-post-author
Brian Robinson is a freelance technology writer for GCN.
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2021/08/kiran-ahujas-to-do-list-at-opm/258953/?oref=ng-next-story
Kiran Ahuja, the recently installed director of the Office of Personnel Management, has a host of long-standing agency issues to deal with, along with h...
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https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2024/05/irs-making-headway-modernizing-1960s-era-tax-system-commissioner-says/396695/
The IRS is currently testing a modernized Individual Master File system in the hopes it can potentially switch to the modern version for the next tax se...
tax systemirsmakingheadwayera
https://www.nextgov.com/voices/josephine-wolff/11669/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
Josephine Wolff is an assistant professor of public policy and computing security at Rochester Institute of Technology and a faculty associate at the Ha...
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2022/08/civil-servants-effort-humanize-government-one-fed-time/376116/
An effort to tell the stories of government workers has the goal of letting the American people know that public servants actually care.
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2022/04/international-space-station-launches-its-first-ai-program-test-astronaut-gloves/364000/
Spaceborne Computer-2 is providing insights in real-time, just months after it was delivered to the ISS, Nextgov confirmed.
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https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2019/08/senate-passes-2-year-budget-deal/210939/
Lawmakers still have to pass appropriations bills or a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown Oct. 1, but the budget resolution sets the guidelines f...
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https://www.nextgov.com/people/2019/01/feds-rally-against-shutdown-as-missed-paychecks-loom/238200/?oref=ng-topic-lander-river
With feds on furlough or working without pay face the prospect of a missed paycheck, President Trump signaled a long shutdown by cancelling his trip to ...
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/11/openai-offers-us-veterans-free-year-its-chatgpt-plus-service/409449/?oref=ng-category-lander-river
Veterans and transitioning servicemembers can register for the plan if they are within 12 months of their retirement or separation from active duty.
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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2025/06/estonia-begins-laying-keystone-great-baltic-drone-wall/406161/
The ultimate goal is to fully cover hundreds of miles of the border with Russia so that no drone can pass over the wall without being detected and possi...
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