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Now tech vendor Cisco reports a sharp rise in the use of biometrics and other forms of multi-factor login, and greater interest by IT executives to move past passwords altogether.
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Senate Republicans is joining in the calls for federal employees to return their offices.
The White House on Thursday pushed back the deadline for contractors to comply with its federal vaccine mandate. Contractors now have until Jan. 4, a month later than the original deadline, to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated.
Nearly 20 states have sued the Biden administration over its federal vaccine mandate for contractors. Attorneys say the president likely has authority to regulate procurement in this way, but the ever-changing guidance associated with the mandate makes compliance difficult for many contractors.
Only 800 active duty airmen and guardians, out of an Air and Space Force of about 326,000, said they will not get the COVID-19 vaccination, and will face consequences and possible termination.
EO 14028 calls for changing contracting language to require greater data storage and logging as a way to improve the sharing of threat information between service providers and federal partners.
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department says it can now get passports out to customers in a matter of weeks.
More people are teleworking permanently, more paperwork is undergoing automation and there is more adoption of the latest cybersecurity strategies.
The General Services Administration sees a unique opportunity to reduce the federal government’s office footprint over the coming years, as agencies reconsider their office space needs following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Victims of sexual assault in the military now have more options to protect themselves from minor infractions if they decide to report a crime to their command.
The Biden administration has made clear it wants to maximize union participation. Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, explains what the new guidelines mean for federal labor unions.
Who should be exempted by their employers from a vaccine mandate? In the case of active duty military members, it's not so clear.
Contractors have some big concerns of their own about how the vaccine mandate is supposed to work in practice. Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about some of the issues vendors are flagging.
The Biden administration in recent days has offered up more details on how agencies might handle religious exception requests from federal employees. Contractors should make a "good faith" effort to comply with the federal vaccine mandate, according to recent guidance.