Nextgov
Army Researchers Want Help Building Predictive COVID-19 Models For Use Across DOD
The research partner will be expected to immediately begin work on two modeling analyses and be agile enough to shift as priorities change.
Route Fifty
Los Angeles Opening Up Coronavirus Testing to All Residents
The city’s mayor says it is the first major city in the U.S. to do so. Even people without symptoms can get a test.
Tech
Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Human Intel Analysts In This One Key Area
An experiment from the Defense Intelligence Agency shows that AI and humans have different risk tolerances when data is scarce.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Democrats Ask IG for Health Disparities Review; NIH Launches ‘Shark-Tank style’ Testing Competition
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Route Fifty
Across the Country, Local Officials Hope New Rules Will Help Parks Reopen Safely
Dozens of municipalities are reopening park facilities, but requiring that visitors wear masks and adhere to social distancing to continue to fight the spread of Covid-19.
Defense
Pentagon's 'Willingness to Kiss the President's Ass' Worries Top Lawmaker
"I am worried about a culture developing," says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., after the latest delay in Navy captain’s fate.
Oversight
Belief in Democracy Dropped after Trump Impeachment
A new survey of experts and average Americans shows a decline in perceptions of the health of U.S. democracy around the time of President Trump's impeachment.
Employee Policy
Fed employees, unions demand more COVID-19 protection
The American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union are demanding better COVID-19 protection for employees returning to the workplace.
Employee Policy
White House meat processing order sweeps up inspectors
The executive order declaring meat processing plants as critical infrastructure means that federal food inspectors must visit plants that had been closed by their owners for safety reasons.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Getting Stimulus Checks to Citizens
Duke University's Dr. Lisa Gennetian joins the show to discuss ways the Treasury Department could distribute stimulus money more creatively and efficiently to more Americans.
Oversight
Senate Democrats Demand Answers from OPM on COVID-19 Response
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said that for the last six weeks, the federal government’s HR agency has stonewalled requests for briefings related to its work responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
Management
Trump Administration's High Turnover and Vacancy Rates Could Hinder Pandemic Response
The administration has seen an 85% turnover rate among upper-level officials.
Route Fifty
A Budget Shortfall Estimate for States Grows Even Worse
Updated figures from a think-tank found that the hit to state finances will be worse than the Great Recession.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Sticking With Retirement Investments, More Calls for Hazard Pay
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Retirement
Bill bans TSP investments in some foreign index funds
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), who introduced the Taxpayers and Savers Protection Act, said he worried that the TSP I-Fund would inadvertently fund foreign firms with ties to countries that were hostile to the U.S.
Financial Planning
TSP loans, hardship withdrawals decline despite financial panic
The Federal Retirement Investment Thrift Board reported a decrease in loans and hardship withdrawals by Thrift Savings Plan participants covering the period from January to mid-April.
Route Fifty
State and Federal Prosecutors Target Bogus Cures and Treatment Scams
The coronavirus pandemic has led to an avalanche of products that are misleadingly marketed to make consumers believe they are effective treatments or prevention measures for the virus.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Inspectors General Brief House Committee on Oversight Efforts; OSHA Has a 45-Year Low of Inspectors
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
Global Defense Spending Decline Expected As Nations Deal with Coronavirus
Experts see domestic projects taking priority over national security in the coming years.
Management