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.

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

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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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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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Government efficiency starts before the work begins

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26 October 2026 at 18:21

The objective is straightforward: Stop unnecessary work at the source rather than making government more efficient at handling it.

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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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Federal unions got caught standing still: Federal workers face the consequences

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22 October 2026 at 16:27

Complacency, not a single executive order, left the federal unions and the civil service exposed — and on the cusp of far-reaching changes.

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

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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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Turning defense data chaos into mission advantage: The necessity of federated AI

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21 October 2026 at 17:53

The next mission-critical dataset a warfighter needs will rarely be sitting in the platform built to serve them.

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

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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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Cybersecurity awareness must extend beyond passwords and phishing to become truly operational

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20 October 2026 at 18:37

When a digital footprint evolves daily, cybersecurity cannot rely on point-in-time checks. It must move beyond individual behavior and become operational.

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

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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.

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.

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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Agency AI success depends on software quality and automated testing

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15 October 2026 at 18:58

As AI reshapes modern software development lifecycles, agencies need to modernize their testing practices alongside it.

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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AI readiness is built, not awaited

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14 October 2026 at 16:55

Don Bauer, a former federal executive, explains what federal business owners can do about AI now.

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