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Yesterday — 28 October 2026Main stream

OPM’s performance rating system misses the real problem

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28 October 2026 at 16:55
A long-time federal employee says the new performance ratings system is ‘institutional gaslighting’ and bad for employees and agency mission success.

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Nine ways the Pentagon can fix CMMC without lowering the cybersecurity bar

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By: commentators
28 October 2026 at 15:54
Russia and Ukraine are already demonstrating how quickly AI, autonomous systems, and software can move from development to operational use.

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Whoever wins in November, the career civil service needs rules that last

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By: commentators
27 October 2026 at 19:02
Mary Kate Whalen, the president of the Senior Executives Association, says Congress should write civil service reforms into law, starting with a new commission.

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Data readiness is the foundation for AI-enabled JADC2

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26 October 2026 at 18:57
For JADC2 and AI to advance together, data readiness has to become a mission requirement, not an afterthought.

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The battlefield has no boundaries: How the Iran war is redrawing the cyber threat map

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23 October 2026 at 17:40
Every defense contractor should reassess whether its cybersecurity reflects today’s threat environment or the one that existed five years ago.

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DOL gives employers a green light, with guardrails, to let non-exempt employees split their workday between home and office

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By: commentators
22 October 2026 at 16:12
For employers who want to offer split schedules to hourly staff, this letter removes a significant obstacle, provided the arrangement is structured correctly.

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The government learned the hard lessons of cloud. It should apply them to AI now.

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By: commentators
21 October 2026 at 17:19
Agencies should apply cloud-era disciplines to models, prompts and agents now, and shift from "human in the loop" to "human in the lead.”

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A way to fix the federal government’s approach to cybersecurity compliance

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By: commentators
20 October 2026 at 17:09
These directives demand continuous compliance, and it’s no surprise that federal cybersecurity professionals are struggling to keep up.

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Washington had a Federal Data Strategy. America needs a national one

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19 October 2026 at 18:29
Taka Ariga, a former federal chief data and AI officer, explains why the Data Foundation is launching a community effort to create a national data strategy.

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Federal missions must run through cyber disruption, not around it

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19 October 2026 at 16:06
Agencies that deploy cyber recovery tactics the way they deploy preventative measures will keep their missions running even when adversaries are already inside.

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Why investing in social services technology means investing in caseworkers

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16 October 2026 at 17:03
An investment in reliable automation is also an investment in the people who administer these vital benefits every day.

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Government’s AI problem is a structure gap, not a skills gap

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16 October 2026 at 17:01
AI won't wait for the next budget cycle. Neither can the workforce built to use it.

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Don’t take short cuts with FEVS

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15 October 2026 at 18:40
Steve Krauss, Sydney Heimbrock and Nathan Bailey, federal HR experts, say agencies shouldn’t treat the annual engagement survey as a compliance exercise.

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Speed isn’t enough: Context will define cyber advantage in defense operations

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14 October 2026 at 17:00
Strategy alone will not change outcomes. The advantage comes from how quickly cyber teams can operationalize new capabilities in support of the mission.

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