"We're unfortunately less safe today than we were pre-9/11, so on September 10th, because of not the technology issues, but the people issues," said Max Stier.
A New Jersey police officer holds an American Flag before the start of the ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
"Based on these leading practices ... they should consolidate these programs and focus on all types of information, leverage expertise," said Joe Hackett.
FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
"The exclusion bar can be for the rest of your lifetime or for several years, but it effectively halts your ability to participate," said Alice Harris.
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, vote-by-mail ballots are shown in U.S. Postal service sorting trays the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Construction continues on the Wolfspeed factory in Siler City, N.C., on March 26, 2024. The new factory will soon produce advanced wafers for computer chips. Automaker Vinfast is scheduled to open a factory next year. Both projects stem in large part from incentives that Biden signed into law. Biden has campaigned on how his policies helped pump hundreds of billions of dollars in private and federal investment into companies. But so far, the investments haven’t significantly swayed a public concerned about inflation. (AP Photo/Josh Boak)
FILE - A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
The effort by OPM to "decentralize" administration of the FEVS will result in higher costs for the taxpayers for a lower quality result, if a result ever comes.
"We decided to stop waiting for permission and start telling the stories of federal leaders…so we could get to real, sustainable solutions," April Harding said.
This year’s deferred resignation program (DRP) has had a major impact on federal retirement processing. DRP retirees are reporting delays and frustrations as they await their annuities. Agencies and the Office of Personnel Management are working through a flood of applications. HR employees are facing high workloads, while bracing for a second looming wave of retirements. Meanwhile, OPM is overhauling the government’s legacy retirement process — an effort that, while long-awaited, is leading to further questions. (Lucy Pope/Federal News Network)
FILE - A sign stands at the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., June 6, 2013. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 30, a former National Security Agency employee from Colorado who is accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia, will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
"It's a mangled system when you have a tenants' bill of rights for service members where the housing companies participate in the drafting," René Kladzyk said.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is pictured at Mountain Home Air Force Base, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)
"We're trying to strike that balance of protecting public health and safety and promoting cost-effective operation and licensing for facilities," Ho Nieh said.
FILE - Steam rises from the cooling towers of the two original nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle on April 28, 2010, in Waynesboro, Ga. Units 1 and 2 were originally estimated to cost $660 million, but cost $8.9 billion by the time they were completed in 1989, mirroring overruns in the later Units 3 and 4. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
GSA is asking the AbilityOne Commission to submit a report by mid-November detailing how it's ensuring all products its partners sell are domestically sourced.
The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to "do the right thing, then all you have to do is live with the consequences of it.’” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
"Congress really needs to decide what the Postal Service is doing on behalf of everybody in this country and fund them appropriately," said Elena Patel.
FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2020 file photo, Miami-Dade resident James Curity deposit a ballot in a U.S. Postal Service mail box outside City Hall during early voting for the general election in Miami Beach, Fla. Republicans are moving to make it harder for that to happen again, potentially affecting the voting preferences for millions of Americans in future elections. The GOP's campaign to place new restrictions on mail-in and early voting in certain states will force voters to contend with new rules on what are popular and proven methods of casting ballots.(David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is photographed, Monday, April 17, 2023. The IRS says it has answered 2 million more calls this tax filing season than a year ago, with the average phone wait time now at four minutes. That's down considerably from 27 minutes for the 2022 tax season. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
FILE - A sign hangs outside the entrance to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Sioux tribe, Sept. 9, 2012. Tribal leaders in South Dakota have denounced Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s comments in which she accused them of keeping her from helping impoverished children on reservations and benefiting from Mexican drug cartels she’s said are operating on tribal lands. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton, File)
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