Happy Friday! It’s time for another week in review. There was a lot happening across the federal government this week, as you can see from the long list of articles included below. We hope you have a chance to sit back, relax, and catch up on everything that unfolded. Have a wonderful weekend in your neck of the woods.
This week saw stories on ending the government shutdown, new spending bills, and cybersecurity.
- VA’s National Cemetery Administration earns top customer satisfaction scores
- GSA ends U.S. participation in ‘open government’ initiative
- Can automation in government coexist with transparency and public trust?
- Without telework, GAO warns of further SSA staffing losses
- Partial shutdown ended, as Trump signs package securing back pay for furloughed feds
- Shared services still hindered by long-standing barriers
- GSA squeezes consulting firms and value-added resellers, moves out on FAR overhaul
- SBA’s Working Capital Pilot Program Delivers $150 Million to Support U.S. Manufacturing
- NITAAC finally pulls the plug on CIO-SP4
- House FEMA reform bill collects more than 50 co-sponsors
- House passes $839B defense spending bill, teeing up end to government shutdown
- 5 Ways Industry Is Collaborating to Develop Golden Dome
- Lawmakers form new caucus to advocate for federal workforce reforms
- Five updates on the Trump admin’s cybersecurity agenda
- VHA saw the highest uptick in law enforcement staffing from 2020-2024, GAO finds
- House Repasses Five Full-Year Funding Bills, Restores Government Stability
- Markup Wrap Up: Oversight Committee Advances Legislation to Modernize and Streamline Federal Procurement and Operations