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Should government leave some problems for the non-profit sector to solve?

Numerous recent polls show a low level of public faith in government. At least in some minds, that raises the question of whether the government is trying to solve too many problems. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin  spoke with someone who suggests the non-profit sector might be better at applying market forces to help. Elise Westhoff is President & CEO of the right-of-center Philanthropy Roundtable.

Tom Temin Just for purposes of kind of placing your organization’s general outlook, just tell us what it’s all about, what your fundamental philosophy is here.

Elise Westhoff Absolutely. Well, the Philanthropy Roundtable is

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White House sets standard code for federal scientists to follow across government

The White House, following up on one of President Joe Biden’s earliest priorities in office, is setting a common standard for science and research policies across the federal government.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy earlier this month released a framework for strengthening federal scientific integrity policies and practices.

The framework, released on Jan. 12, provides the first governmentwide definition of scientific integrity, and gives agencies a model scientific integrity policy meant…

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The White House, following up on one of President Joe Biden’s earliest priorities in office, is setting a common standard for science and

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The 2023 NDAA: How does it impact government contractors?

This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, provides his legal analysis and insights on key provisions in the 2023 NDAA and how they impact government contractors.  Workmaster takes aim at the inflation mitigation and the microchip provisions, among others.

He also provides an update on a key government contracts decision at the US District Court of Federal Claims that has now been appealed to the United States Court of…

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This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, provides his legal analysis and insights

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This group says the federal government, for all the auctions, is still a spectrum hog

A technology trade association is urging Congress to update the law that lets the [Federal Communications Commission (FCC)] auction off radio spectrum held by the government. In fact, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation basically said the government continues to hog much spectrum that could be more efficiently used by industry. For details,  Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Joe Kane, ITIF’s Director of broadband and spectrum policy, Joe Kane.

Tom Temin
It seems like we’ve been talking about spectrum for 25 years now.

Joe Kane
Yeah, it’s a it’s a big topic. And there’s always need for more,

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