Biden administration
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If you buy for, or sell to the federal government, you can expect substantial change from the Biden administration.
January 20, 2021 -
Democrats had hoped to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, a Obama-era veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, as the new DHS secretary under President-elect Joe Biden. But Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has said he will place a hold on Mayorkas' nomination.
January 19, 2021 -
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed
January 18, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two House lawmakers want to close what they call are loop holes for senior government officials when they leave federal service for the private sector.
January 13, 2021 -
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director
January 11, 2021 -
President-elect Joe Biden has introduced the governor of Rhode Island, the mayor of Boston and a small-business advocate from California as the newest members of his economic team
January 08, 2021 -
President-elect Joe Biden has picked Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to lead the Commerce Department, helping set trade policy and looking to promote U.S. opportunities for growth domestically and overseas
January 07, 2021 -
President-elect Joe Biden has selected a federal appeals court judge, Merrick Garland, as his attorney general
January 06, 2021 -
The new year brings an ongoing challenge for federal agencies: How to get past their legacy information technology? There's only one way to modernize, and that's the old fashioned way - with more emphasis on people, skills, and using acquisition with a little more flair.
January 06, 2021 -
Joe Biden nominated of Kathleen Hicks as the deputy secretary of Defense and Colin Kahl as under secretary of Defense for Policy.
December 31, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Government Publishing Office is out with the latest Plum Book! The Commerce Department IG raises data-quality concerns over 2020 census responses. And the cap on premium overtime pay for certain Secret Service agents is increased.
December 31, 2020 -
The Trump administration has suspended a requirement for agencies to set strategic planning goals and to share progress made with Congress and the public as part of the annual budget process.
December 29, 2020 -
Missing the guardrails by inches, the nation's careening political apparatus has managed to fund the government for fiscal 2021.
December 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The executive order trying to ban certain types of diversity training is in trouble. During these last days in office, it looks like a first override is in the cards for President Trump. And postal workers might be getting vaccinated soon.
December 29, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education chief to serve as education secretary
December 23, 2020