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Clare Martorana, the federal chief information officer chairwoman of the Technology Modernization Fund Board, and Raylene Yung, the executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund, say they are giving lawmakers more details and briefings about the progress and impact of the investments.
A new model aims to allocate DoD's limited facility sustainment dollars toward buildings where the funding can do the most good. But the funding model itself is subject to budget challenges, and might not be ready until 2026.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts keeps the busy system of court dockets running. It has information technology underpinning this work.
Last year's Chips Act was enacted to help the U.S. semiconductor industry. The law gave jobs to lots of federal agencies. Even the State Department.
Perspectives are mixed on whether the Postal Service Reform Act has put USPS on a path to leave its long-term financial woes in the past.
A group of lawmakers urged the Office of Personnel Management for answers and a timeline for modernizing its system for processing federal employees’ retirement applications.
Danny Werfel, a former acting IRS commissioner under the Obama administration, was sworn in Tuesday to serve as the agency’s 50th permanent commissioner.
The Defense Department wants to expand its budget for mental health care, and the services are starting new programs to prevent harmful behavior.
Companies leaders who want a piece of projects funded by last year's infrastructure bill, should pay attention.
CISA hired hundreds last year, and it plans to hire even more this year, as the agency looks to keep up with a growing stack of cyber responsibilities.
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s growing increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate on lifting the nation’s borrowing authority. He says in a letter to the president dated Tuesday that the White House position “could prevent America from meeting its obligations and hold dire ramifications for the entire nation.” The White House says McCarthy and the Republicans are to blame, refusing to put forward their own budget plan before formal negotiations. The Treasury Department has resorted to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default on the nation’s $31.4 trillion borrowing authority. But those measures will run out, possibly as early as June.
For a community that was disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, access to critical medical supplies during emergencies is one of the major concerns for the new director of the federal Indian Health Service.
TikTok was not the only thing discussed on Capitol Hill last week. Good old-fashioned budget hearings also broke out all over. They revealed a lot about hoped-for spending priorities in 2024. For the details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Jack Fitzpatrick, a congressional reporter with Bloomberg Government.
The Commerce Department's inspector general is hiring fast to oversee billions of dollars in CHIPS Act spending.