Tom Temin
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Some scammers attempt to steal cash through a money-laundering phone call hoax.
February 08, 2024 -
Unless Congress says otherwise, federal contractors will have a raft of new disclosure requirements imposed by the Biden administration. Specifically climate, ESG and cybersecurity.
February 07, 2024 -
No one is immune from cybersecurity attacks, it seems. Just days ago, several senior Microsoft executives fell victim to a "password spray attack" coming from Russia. Did the company downplay how serious this was? And did it fail to use some basic best practices?
February 07, 2024 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs people with the expertise to oversee so-called crypto assets like bitcoin. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the SEC needs to update its workforce planning strategy in order to ensure it has the crypto experts it needs.
February 07, 2024 -
Senate confirms Kurt Campbell as next deputy secretary of state. OMB looks to add a chief customer experience officer. And there is a new leader in the Intelligence Community.
February 07, 2024 -
The recent National Defense Industrial Strategy highlighted the erosion of U.S. industry's capacity for making things, which includes printed circuit boards (PCB) at the complex end of electronics. Now there are signs the domestic PCB industry is awakening.
February 06, 2024 -
The IRS has made measurable progress on customer-service staffing over the last couple of years.
February 06, 2024 -
Contractors are questioning how the White House could ask for compliance with a procurement rule that is not even formally proposed yet.
February 06, 2024 -
Agencies could enhance customer experience if they could permanently end their backlog of cases. But that requires investment in new staff, processes or tools.
February 06, 2024 -
With conflicts in the Middle East, and having to keep tabs on affairs in the Pacific, the Navy has a hefty to-do list. How is it coping? To find out, Federal News Network’s Eric White…
February 05, 2024 -
Immigration and what to do about the Southern border will occupy Congress this week. Lawmakers hope to actually read the purported bill and maybe get the issue off the dime.
February 05, 2024 -
Dem. lawmakers ask GAO to assess damage done to military by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). The biggest CIA leak ever gets an ex-employee a 40-year sentence.
February 05, 2024 -
By all accounts, artificial intelligence is changing how organizations must approach cybersecurity. Not everyone is quite certain how. Now, a really big working group assembled by the Aspen Institute has come up with specific recommendations on dealing with AI in the cybersecurity context.
February 02, 2024 -
Financial accounting is so iffy at two Housing and Urban Development programs, the inspector general issued an alert. HUD can't figure out improper payments in these programs. Hasn't been able to for years. Won't be able for years more.
February 02, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The American Federation of Government Employees expresses fears about future telework cuts for Social Security employees. The U.S. European Command is seeking federal employees and government contractors to participate in its first-ever AI hackathon. And agencies have until midnight to shut down software that has been hit with dangerous cyber vulnerabilities.
February 02, 2024