FCW Insider: Feb. 26

DOL looks to roll back Trump's exemption for religious orgs in contracting

The agency plans going to reverse the rule through notice and comment rulemaking, a process that could take months.

Flat defense budget, cost-savings push seems likely for 2022

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chairman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, said military services should look for cost-savings and where reinvestments can be made.

Improving the citizen experience one phone call at a time

Knowledge-based authentication for call centers is cumbersome and can increase risk of spoofing, but there are tech-based alternatives.

Quick Hits

*** Washington Technology reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs is able to make on-ramp awards in its $22.3 billion T4NG (Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation) contract vehicle now that multiple protests have been dismissed by the Government Accountability Office.

*** Even as the nomination of Neera Tanden to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget appears to be on pause, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee plans to hear from the nominees to serve as top deputies. The committee will host Shalanda D. Young, nominee to serve as deputy director for budget and Jason S. Miller, slated to serve as deputy director for management at a March 4 confirmation hearing.