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The Biden is asking Congress to bring TSA employees pay and benefits in line with much of the rest of the federal workforce.
The American Federation of Government Employees is at odds with TSA Administrator David Pekoske over what the union says is an unnecessary delay in expanding collective bargaining for the approximately 50,000 airport screeners who work for TSA.
Cyber incident reporting requirements for critical infrastructure companies and other federal cybersecurity provisions were left out of this year's NDAA.
Under a new agreement between the agencies, screening officers at the Transportation Security Administration can now appeal certain firings, demotions and suspensions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, a right they didn't have previously.
Lawmakers want to put the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the center of U.S. cyber defenses with new authorities and funding.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wants the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to take on new fiduciary responsibilities, while a bipartisan pair in the House is eyeing retirement reforms for former temporary and seasonal employees.
Lawmakers are questioning whether CISA is involved enough in responding to cyber incidents and overseeing the security of critical infrastructure sectors.
The Biden administration directed the Transportation Security Administration to expand collective bargaining rights, begin negotiating a new contract and pay TSA officers General Schedule wages.
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general is working with the National Academy of Public Administration on a five-year strategic plan and a path forward for implementing nearly two dozen recommendations from the Government Accountability Office.
The Biden administration is touting a whole-of-government approach to cybersecurity that leading members of Congress has stressed for years.
Federal government came through the riots looking about the same.
Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson about the storming of the Capitol and what comes next.
It's a complaint that started about the day after formation of DHS: Too many congressional committees have sway over the agency's plans, policies and budgets.
IG Cuffari declines to get in the middle of a political fight between Congress and DHS leadership