"The leadership training we get as active-duty military, attention to detail, operational excellence…makes you good in the private sector," Ryan Dunford said.

Federal News Network asked federal acquisition and IT experts what initiatives they are paying close attention to in the new year.

The White House is expected to kick off 2026 with a new national cyber strategy. Here's what else we're watching in a consequential year for cyber.

The Trump administration faces a legal complaint from government employees over a policy eliminating coverage for ...

Across the federal workforce, the loss of hundreds of thousands of employees has led to workplace disruptions, ripple effects in U.S. communities and more.

The Office of Personnel Management defined the positions and scope for a higher 3.8% federal pay raise for certain law enforcement personnel in 2026.

"We don't normally rank our findings, but access controls tend to drift to the top because that is the gate to the system," Charles Summers said.

The judge in the case had already issued a preliminary injunction blocking an earlier attempt by TSA to eliminate the union agreement.

"The glacier is changing rapidly. We don't know how much time we have left...so we've really focused on expediting the recovery efforts," Carlos Colon said.

In a letter to House Democrats, OPM Director Scott Kupor touted the benefits of a new online platform in streamlining the federal retirement process.

"An inherent limitation of LLMs is they hallucinate, coming up with citations that don't exist. It's happening in court across the country," Stephen Bacon said.

"The complexity and the volume of data just continue to explode on orders of magnitude," Kevin Rivera said.