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HR Line of Business sets ‘guiding principles’ for managing the employee lifecycle

Federal human resources employees now have a standard set of data and business elements, and performance measures to lean on as they modernize their hiring and other processes. The HR Line of Business and Quality Service Management Office completed this year-old effort earlier this summer to update the HR business reference architecture. Jeff Pollack, the […]

The need for an integrated, multicloud management approach

Insight by Deloitte The need for an integrated, multicloud management approach Agencies need a holistic approach that allows them to standardize policies, procedures, governance and workflows across their cloud environments. June 9, 2020 4:51 pm < a min read This content is provided by Deloitte. Agencies making the move to the cloud have found that […]

Implementing AI well means revisiting your enterprise architecture

To many federal technology leaders, the rise of artificial intelligence, and now especially generative AI, will have a significant impact on their mission. This means everything from automating routine tasks to helping mission area experts accelerate and improve their decision-making to advancing research and development more rapidly. As with any technology, agencies need to continually […]

Trump administration tells agencies to begin conducting reductions in force

Trump administration tells agencies to begin conducting reductions in force The RIFs directive from the White House is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reduce the size of the federal workforce. Drew Friedman@dfriedmanWFED February 26, 2025 1:14 pm 3 min read The White House is directing agencies to start the process of […]

Empower AI Appoints Laura Evans as VP of Human Resources

Laura Evans, an experienced human resource leader, has joined Empower AI as vice president of HR. The executive confirmed her new role in a recent LinkedIn post. Who is Laura Evans? Evans comes to Empower AI after eight years at Oasis Systems, a defense and space manufacturing company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. She previously served […]

USAID: Considerations for contractors, recipients

It is probably an understatement to say that the presidential transition has caught the U.S. Agency for International Development and its community of contractors and recipients by surprise. Between a first-of-its-kind agency-wide pause of foreign assistance programs to the apparent effort to dismantle the agency and transfer its functions to the State Department of, officials, […]

BAE Systems Secures $231M NASA Contract for NOAA Spacecraft

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems has secured a $230.6 million delivery order from NASA for the construction of a spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency said Friday the spacecraft will be built for the Lagrange 1 Series project under NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The firm-fixed-price delivery order, awarded under the Rapid […]

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t… RYAN J. FOLEY February 25, 2025 9:55 am 3 min read Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that […]