"Medicare has a very low administrative cost in terms of paying for claims. It is built on a trust-based system," said Commander Patrick Neubert.

"It is, in some ways, a collection of some of the expertise that was elsewhere in the department before," said Matt Hanson.

A group of 75 Democrats called on EEOC to withdraw its proposal, arguing that it will weaken safeguards for federal employees who allege discrimination.

Federal hiring needs a trust workflow that manages the full process from position planning through entrance on duty.

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By embedding AI within governed workflows, agencies can extend the controls they already trust to the AI systems that increasingly support mission execution.

"I think the greatest amount of change potentially at play here are those that are accountants and auditors," said Alonzo Llorenz.

The S Fund saw the biggest month-over-month drop of 3.66%.

GAO’s Dave Hinchman discusses hacks on critical water systems, regulatory harmonization issues and the cyber implications of AI.

DHS expects to award the potential $626 million Network, Cloud and Cybersecurity Services 2.0 vehicle by late November.

Federal News Network has confirmed Kevin Rhodes was asked to stay on in a limited role to help usher in the FAR overhaul and cost accounting standards updates.

Under a last-minute budget cut, the FHFA inspector general's office will have to cut up to 80% of its staff and cease investigations into mortgage fraud.

The agency concluded that Leidos is the only company capable of transitioning all combatant commands to the Defense Department Network.

Unfortunately, no matter how well an agency or contractor trains its employees, there will inevitably be successful social engineering attacks sooner or later.

Federal procurement reform gives contractors another reason to examine the financial side of risk.

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Keith Sonderling, who was confirmed 47-41, has been the acting secretary since April and has served in multiple roles within the department.

"Many other public data sets and private data sets rely on the census as the denominator," said Meeta Anand.

The base would become the first newly built domestic military installation since the 1980s.

The Office of Personnel Management published information about plan options and premium rates for 2027, ahead of the upcoming Open Season this fall.

"I don't know if we will see a renewal of additional RIF actions coming into this next fiscal year or next year. My hope is no," said John Hatton.

"In many of those instances there's a sort of tendency for communicators to want to focus on just the facts and to not stray beyond that," said Brian Southwell.

"We are in a broader sense uniting a whole larger community of people that have a common and shared heritage," said Joe Condrill.

Hegseth announced the creation of a new combatant command for drone warfare, a plan to build a new military base on American soil, and more in his speech.

Attorneys for the union argued that the decision violated the Administrative Procedure Act as well as the First Amendment.

The next step is ensuring policy, architecture, and funding decisions give OT the attention required to meet it.

The General Services Administration will continue to manage the newest effort to create a single web portal for citizens to interact with the government.

GAO says OMB’s actions subvert both the constitutional process and Congress’s power of the purse.

Rep. Himes pointed to how several major defense and intelligence contractors made donations to the new White House ballroom.

Written proposals are becoming the minimum expectation, not the competitive advantage.

"It gets complicated when the president weighs in with an apparent conclusion or one that could be misread as an apparent conclusion," said David Robbins.

"We have to migrate to new cryptologic standards. We have to protect the data that we need to protect today. And the clock is ticking," said Victor Foulk.

The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the plan on Monday. Military cybersecurity experts have been involved since election equipment was deemed "critical infrastructure" in 2017. This announcement comes after President Donald Trump dismantled the civilian agency meant to protect election infrastructure. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last week released its own security plan for election systems. With early voting underway, some experts criticize the timing as mere theater. Trump has already signed two executive orders seeking to nationalize certain election processes.

Officials hope ingraining the team into the bureaucracy it looks to reform will make it an "enduring institutional mechanism."

"The administration had less leeway in this space because the affirmative action requirements here are based on statute," said Guy Brenner.

So far, about 2,400 federal job announcements now contain a different essay question for applicants, at the direction of the Office of Personnel Management.

The vice president of public sector at Qlik says that as agentic AI tools mature, agencies need to improve data literacy and trust their data.

The letter points to a June 2026 inspector general report that found the Secret Service’s effectiveness was at risk due to staffing and resource constraints.

"It's an unsustainable model and ultimately one that they're not getting paid enough to do," said Tyson Bertone-Riggs.

The latest incidents didn't appear to involve the disclosure of any nonpublic information but were concerning enough for OpenAI to warn the agencies involved.

It revealed the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, job specialties and other records of nearly 2.8 million living and 294,000 deceased individuals.

"We're certainly unlikely to see a package before the election at this rate, just given the amount of days left and people's attention," said Loren Duggan.

"Our 21st-Century military serves a long time. They're married, they have children, they're sometimes dual military," said Kathy Roth-Douquet.

Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems. The anonymous whistleblowers allege in a letter to Congress that top Kennedy Center official Matt Floca halted a funded plan to address roofing issues in April. Floca denies that and says recent investigations revealed new hazards at the building. The center closed temporarily in September as officials cited safety risks from structural deterioration. A judge has ordered a status report by Friday on the temporary closure.

The Army Communications-Electronics Command wants to empower rank-and-file soldiers to find more uses for AI and come up with new agents on their own too.

The leaders of the StateChat project say their playbook offers practical and deployable help to implement generative AI tools.

"Everything that we do within critical technologies is outcomes-based," Mike Dodd said.

While some messaging blaming the shutdown on Democrats "might" have violated the law, OSC said it would be waste of limited resources to investigate further.

"We are facing imminent changes potentially to how we're running our elections," said Dr. Beth Noveck.

"It's really been a holistic effort that is long overdue, but we have welcomed the changes," said Megan Petersen.