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Controlled, unclassified information. That's most of the information the government generates. It's known as DUI. The Federal Acquisition Regulation council is considering new rules for CUI. With what they'd do and why they might be problematic, we turn to Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.

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After the Trump administration's executive order banning all diversity equity and inclusion efforts, the defense department wasn't sure how this would affect its equal employment opportunity EEO programs. Well now Air Force officials say they'll keep their EEO programs, but delete logos, images or language related to DEI. For now this is difficult because the program is overlapped. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke to Alden Law Group partner Michelle Bercovici.

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Remember the days of don't ask, don't tell in the armed forces? The policy for gay and lesbian service members ended 10 years ago, but it still reverberates. As does the issue of transgender service members. Now a group of veterans discharged back in the don't ask, don't tell days has reached a settlement with the Defense Department after a long-running class action suit. Joining me with the details, attorney Joselyn Larkin of the Impact Fund.

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You may not be a worm in the apple of your agency. But you might be at the age and years-of-service point that retirement makes sense. The Trump administration offer of deferred resignation might actually make sense from a dollars and cents standpoint. More now from retired federal manager Abe Grungold of AG Financial Services.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Time's almost up for federal employees to accept that offer from the Office of Personnel Management. Resign now and go on paid administrative leave until October, or stay and risk non voluntary reduction in force, you're fired. OPM sent out its offer government wide, but agencies are giving their employees some additional details now. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has the latest.

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The National Academy of Public Administration has published what it calls a field guide for using federal grants. Not just any grants though. It's about government-to-government grants so state, local and tribal governments can build better data systems. The idea is, better data management and analysis can lead to better programs. We get more now from the field guide's principal authors, Pari Sabety, an economic stability program advisor at U.S. Digital Response and Kathy Stack, a senior policy fellow at Yale University.

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An influential Senator wants to remake the intelligence community starting at the top. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has become too bloated. He plans to work with the Trump administration to put a cap on the size of ODNI. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest.

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Federal financial management needs urgent attention. They're such a mess that the Government Accountability Office once again is unable to provide an opinion on whether government financial statements are reliable. It's an old problem but becomes more urgent as the financial situation becomes less and less sustainable. We get the latest from the GAO's director of financial management and assurance issues, Dawn Simpson.

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President Trump rescinded his predecessor's executive orders on artificial intelligence. That has implications for both government and industrial use of AI. At the same time he brought three tech moguls to the white house to announce a privately funded AI infrastructure. Here with analysis, the head of AI policy at the Abundance Institute, Neil Chilson.

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