Sen. Cardin predicts better spacing and ventilation in federal office spaces after the pandemic Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) discusses post-pandemic work environments, remote work and reduction of the federal footprint Interesting ideas exist to shorten “DoD-created valley of death” and fuel innovation, says DIU director Michael Brown, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at […]
The Department of Agriculture will consider new telework policies that expand employee access to remote work even after the pandemic is over. It’s one of several agencies looking at telework policies in light of the virus, and it could have big implications for how much office space the government needs in the future. Ben Cardin […]
The Defense Innovation Unit, a DoD organization that contracts with commercial companies to solve national security problems, is five years old now. 40% of the office’s contracts have made it to production in its first five years. Michael Brown, Director of DIU, said scaling DIU has been key and that they started a record number […]
The congressionally mandated review of the OPM-GSA merger is complete. The National Academy of Public Administration finds the merger would not have solved the problems at OPM that the Trump administration thought it would. Janet Hale, Former Associate Director for Economics and Government at OMB and on the team who produced the report, said they […]
