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A new initiative outlined in a recent Army software modernization memo is about sustainment, about continuous improvement and development. To get there, the army will create a special cadre of contracting experts. For what these new organizations look like Federal News Network's Jason Miller caught up with an advisor for the Army's Digital Capabilities Contracting Center of Excellence, Jamie MacGillis.

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It's taken a generation, but now federal benefits have become available for first responders harmed during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The money was authorized in last year's National Defense Authorization bill. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me as we get details now from attorney Michael Barasch of the law firm Barasch and McGarry.

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SkillBridge … it's the Defense Department name for a program to help service members … mostly enlisted … transition to civilian life. In examining it, the Government Accountability Office found that D-O-D doesn't track program data very well. That means it can't really tell how effective SkillBridge is or how to improve it. We get more now from the G-A-O's director of defense capabilities and management, Kristy Williams.

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They don't want it, but contractors are preparing for a possible lapse in appropriations at the end of the month. A government shutdown, that is. Even if they agree on numbers, members of Congress don't agree on the policy riders each party wants on a spending bill. So what to do, to help your company through it? We check in with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.

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The Interior Department posted a revised scientific integrity policy last month. It requires each component agency to appoint a career staff person as scientific integrity officer. But to one group of scientists, the policy differs little from protections that were greatly weakened during the Obama administration. More now from Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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Tax paper returns and correspondence flooded rooms of an IRS campus in Austin, Texas just three years ago. Well now that office has become a model for some of the new technology the IRS is acquiring, paid for by you guessed it, the Inflation Reduction Act. The agency is also using the same modernization dollars to step up enforcement. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins me with the latest.

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With all of the talk about electric vehicles, you might not realize another promising non-fossil fuel alternative is out there. Hydrogen. It's a great fuel in liquid form. The challenge is generating it. The Defense Innovation Unit has been exploring ways to make hydrogen fuel locally, where it's consumed … and it awarded a contract for mobile hydrogen generation. Joining me with details, D-I-U program manager Andrew Mawdsley. And from NovaSpark Energy, Lanson Jones.

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Applications are now open for the next class of presidential management fellows. Now this highly selective program aims to develop leadership skills for early career people who have advanced degrees. The program has been around for nearly 50 years. The upcoming 2025 class will have a new look though. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with the latest.

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